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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22972 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2021 22:23:39 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Mar 2021 22:23:39 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 423A99CA9A; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:23:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AED19CA68; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:23:18 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="kkGl3Izl"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 228939CA68; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:23:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f46.google.com (mail-ot1-f46.google.com [209.85.210.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58EB39C9D6 for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2021 08:23:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id j8so3356184otc.0 for ; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=IYam/neOhy3Ti0cTi6dBaFw01cDtPu+dDz0lqdIDDMM=; b=kkGl3IzlQaHAgBG2Hnk6A9JESHkgBB6N3typDo3QBSIHxlEvBrEJ1td+E6jyKx93og zocCYVdznoVS2vZHzr5cfQv1UL4QwcHiJEa5DGqcYp1b+AHE7MPKkdtKbs3ztLp/KotG yNZPvoFh7IwsLpw8Pq0buE3G6tRJC1BcFlOvgZ2Ai1wqKup7LcV9ALQiSRKAiedsBupW ZnLAv+MZvclD+RrZDHHgdyvQJAkOrerCKSN1Jn5xzmkMzd2GHTkSZgtQpWDbr7aj5BpQ 5ioEm06D76Xbj6eUZrq+M5dvJbVoeCDpj/YQltnd47BM3YcUJGMDNs31LYd4ypxvD2g/ MOJA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=IYam/neOhy3Ti0cTi6dBaFw01cDtPu+dDz0lqdIDDMM=; b=odFova+hGwgQ4j2wDpNaFTqamI+LMw7bfdwosdXgwM5WWo4/Pmxh+Eu0MSy2rv7sk5 MdiyRm41d7uDjwqQEWmxs7irdTz/Lf5Qf5Y9yRr14KeVTWFlT/pcLqV6gDS31BZjCv4U Ow0LHy0iutmge8XRvQ56r+w61hOlsFrlMeo9G0VaGk9jpInNse2dv4igr3K8J6KVTvqE D+p+pVi3gXy7i84wLxmPEH10exUnZsMwxl6kEHyY5pNyjhIVv2Uzq0R99aS+dsi4txTO 95VouJjB3BFwqH0hwEjYt7pDRdqS/8Zg+Sa301rPSwn7aQrRHfmU1XdBukLq7okyILD7 lp6Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531B++bYo22DSJK6yCUTROCFBckpjA7JS8blHSjBycv73+t/JkuL w0mhwFbLPoj7a/YkrydtsqmFamocoquDww== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwpIqEHl+jgyaByiJ5Bp9mNqKu8CoyeL+cD01xOs5HwXY5NBrY3Vf3U35pxCPYe+uBQee3cxg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:158c:: with SMTP id i12mr9509391otr.7.1614982993724; Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.125.11] (107-215-223-229.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.229]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y11sm816754oov.9.2021.03.05.14.23.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:23:13 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.60.0.2.21\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: <202103051643.125Ghfqr014924@sdf.org> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 14:23:11 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <202103051643.125Ghfqr014924@sdf.org> To: Scot Jenkins X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.60.0.2.21) 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: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Mar 5, 2021, at 8:43 AM, Scot Jenkins via TUHS = wrote: >=20 > The beauty of hard tabs is that the person viewing the code can > choose how to display them in their editor. If everyone indents > with the Tab character, the problem goes away. Also works well with variable width fonts. For some strange reason this is not a popular choice!