On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 03:52:56PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > Dear All, > > >From bsd.port.mk: > > [ch...@amnesiac]~% head /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk |tail -n 1 > # Please view me with 4 column tabs! > [ch...@amnesiac]~% > > However, the Porter's Handbook [1] says: > > Note that [bsd.port.mk] uses a non-standard tab setting. > > So if it's non-standard, does that mean I should use 8-column tabs > while creating/editing port Makefiles, or should I match the > 'non-standard' bsd.port.mk? > > Or is it just personal preference and the committers don't care?
Uhm, the standard width of a horizontal tab is 8 characters. Thus, bsd.port.mk's 4 characters *are* non-standard; when writing your own ports, use an eight-character tab like the rest of the world ;) Oh, my coat? Nah, I'll get it myself, an asbestos suit is too heavy for most people to lift anyway. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev r...@space.bg r...@ringlet.net r...@freebsd.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence contains exactly threee erors.
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