Gregg Wonderly wrote:
I can get by in VI. But in an IDE it gets much harder to switch between tabs and spaces. Just tabs means I can't edit code and type tab without changing how they expand and what interval they expand to. This is an IDE wide setting.
Did you mean "Just spaces" rather than "Just tabs" above?
So then when I am messing with my own code and "spaced" code, I have to jump through all kinds of hoops in the end to not end up with a mismash of tabbing.
You should consider using an IDE such as Eclipse that supports project-specific settings. I'm surprised at any modern IDE not supporting that, because many people work on multiple projects that have different conventions. No matter what choice we make, some of us are going to have to depend on project-specific settings because it's obvious we are not all using the same default settings in our IDEs.
Okay, enough said.
Yes, I think we need to just make a decision and move on. This is the sort of thing that can be argued about for years without reaching a conclusion that satisfies everyone. Patricia
