Tracy R Reed wrote:
> Christopher Smith wrote:
>> Chuck Esterbrook wrote:
>>> Cobra simply requires that you indent blocks with one tab or 4 spaces.
>>>
>> Wait, I thought you made a call on the tab-vs-spaces debate!
>>
>> Now I'm thoroughly disappointed.
>
> Yeah, this is odd. I can't believe it's such a religious issue but there
> seems to be a lot of contention between tabs and spaces. I always use
> spaces. Because I want the code to render the same on any display I use.
> I have my vi and emacs both configured to use 4 spaces except in
> Makefiles or some similar place which explicitly wants tabs. It seems
> the only thing anyone really agrees on is that it is evil to mix tabs
> and spaces.
>
<possible flamebait?>
I've come around to thinking that the only good use for TAB is as a
separator that works better than comma (eg,.csv). I grudgingly accept
makefiles use of tab as a reasonable exception (or stretch of the
separator definition).
I religiously avoid embedding TAB is any text.
I have sinned by using the TAB key to control indent, but now that I
have learned about ^{T,D} in vim, I may escape that habit.
Regards,
..jim
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