From: "Greg A. Woods" <[email protected]>

---
 docs/developers.txt |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/developers.txt b/docs/developers.txt
index f26dd17..38708d7 100644
--- a/docs/developers.txt
+++ b/docs/developers.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ without inflicting much pain on other developers.  If you 
use a space,
 then you've fixed the spacing in stone and have really annoyed half of
 the people out there.
 
+Note that tabs apply only to *indenting*.  Alignment of text after any
+non-tab character has appeared on the line must be done by spaces in
+order for it to remain at the same alignment when someone views tabs at
+a different widths.
+
 If you write something that uses spaces, you may get away with it in a
 driver that's relatively secluded.  However, if I have to work on that
 code, expect it to get reformatted according to the above.
-- 
1.7.9.2


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