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Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2005 10:55:05 -0800
From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Acme tabs to spaces
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There's no code, but using -a helps a lot.  We have a two-space
indent rule here and I hate it but I've adapted.

-rob

On 12/6/05, Paul Lalonde <plalonde@telus.net> wrote:
> So my new employer has a coding convention that tabs don't appear in
> source, and that indent levels are 4 spaces.  Ick.  But in the
> interest of global harmony, I'm willing to adapt.  I know I can
> trivially convert the tabs to spaces at any given time, and set
> $tabstops to 4 to get the right width, but I have to do the
> conversion with each file I save.  Ick.
> Is there some automatic tab conversion code somewhere in Acme?  Where
> would be the sane place to put such a thing?   (yes, I already know
> there is no sane place for such a thing...)
>
> Paul
>
>