From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9682 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2021 19:23:46 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Mar 2021 19:23:46 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B2D3F9CA8C; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 05:23:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9DD9CA68; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 05:23:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="YAorIsRQ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B73FD9CA68; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 05:23:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f170.google.com (mail-qk1-f170.google.com [209.85.222.170]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C520F9CA67 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 05:23:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f170.google.com with SMTP id t4so10925423qkp.1 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:23:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6Z1tT1ovF7m8h9G2Tfp3vylvJ+X0ELtUqq9Fcu89tIM=; b=YAorIsRQ+6LgpugGgEOY2DVH25H4tPL9fruK86J5OE0JGfvnQNXJVQ+D4j375SImUQ VWBR1mf+yxwCrMYwx6pxM5VVjSPjqqRKnczpO65uCkaWVv3F/22m8CltWydILFkPJjU4 s6ED+qLQcnvHWDdpM8dRr3JVFJOTNUng5YtyC1hOpxBOTa35U2OozvZFJ243IVvztuQP CvRwwHJOiTdnqdoHDkD20fSwgILtmcSPaOtxwd2LnXVMRbvV3APwTDAj7c6JqP4hWP7k sfYraRPAr/dccoCiSoGdmYDbsqcWJTxzE3LRdLPROEJ2mWiAq7M7SS41zvVRzfabtkIz hLeQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6Z1tT1ovF7m8h9G2Tfp3vylvJ+X0ELtUqq9Fcu89tIM=; b=oZkarIRBt+VqONUWrkywFjU9UogiSTLs6OKTwpgs0LF5ojuB90zkkVmOC6ixFPTopL 6d9/l5L5hBJRQlIAfAVP+V0TKmAZEUBL0BnFQKNVGM/uzKggt/8xTLWtiYlEaRrsZjTc FodkRDed3H6vIbyXcB3CaYZ6D9yufN3rMSDQqBjx7yRgnIPX03kXfTOrGFGfSdstk7p0 UtHLMIs4Q0OgkAjPJ4D1vtcXjHzirNmNdTA8MKtfQMmstuyVaSkVbmzrcFo+RGTLdrgo xpzkkKSE5xCvgAxxgc/+wvZgyUE1PEf7zd2uwZBUzDtKnYebvGNLpbBJ8lnGLdoQjlmj awlQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530YbPgHd7FOtH93mOrPjla1cABPl/KzmUlPjvfHF4tU5WpZ1rMr iakzG535DUoXQyyyixzTTtneEPPaQKVK0Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxepeaPto/MBDkvHT0/X3XgpFusHA6zt0EnSYtlvALgja+S+kcb4fySt6mV69lofu4tm3RzxA== X-Received: by 2002:a37:6244:: with SMTP id w65mr5423428qkb.393.1614885800674; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:23:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from fifth.local (198.27.14-65.ip.mltn.standardbroadband.ca. [198.27.14.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w13sm380499qtv.37.2021.03.04.11.23.19 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:23:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <604133A6.8070101@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:23:18 -0500 From: Nemo Nusquam User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.5; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <202103041831.124IVZTj018003@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: <202103041831.124IVZTj018003@freefriends.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] tabs vs spaces - entab, detab X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 04/03/2021 13:31, arnold@skeeve.com wrote (in part): > Traditionalists (or at least, I, speaking for myself) use tabs in > their C, C++, and shell code and *must* use tabs in their Makefiles. Yes in Makefiles, otherwise I prefer 4 spaces per stop. > The Python world is different; there the use of spaces and a tab stop > of 4 characters is common. I recall two colleagues working on the same Python-based project. One used a 3-column tab; the other used 8-column spaces. Few fireworks as the other simply filtered. > I don't remember the details of entab and detab programs on Unix > (other than the expand command) This begs a question from me. My Solaris boxes have expand/unexpand but no entab/detab. What is the history there? N.