On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 08:57:07PM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote: > The "de-facto standard Internet tab size" has always been 8 characters.
Always? The 1982 standard for ARPANET¹ email (RFC 822) explicitly states in Section 3.4.2 that there is no nework-wide standard tab size and so the use of HTAB is discouraged. Antti-Juhani ¹ ... known as Internet to us newbies ... -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% EMACS, n.: Emacs May Allow Customised Screwups (unknown origin)