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=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5796 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2021 20:52:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Mar 2021 20:52:36 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 363639CAD8; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:52:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BBE19CA6D; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:51:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D65909CA6D; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:51:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta34p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta34p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.34]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53AE69CA6B for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 06:51:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep34p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210306205147.OXCL12830.nsstlfep34p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:51:47 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledruddtkedgudefhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5FE6CD1413D94F43 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:51:47 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 126KpkFr021237 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:51:46 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 126KpiVt021234 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:51:46 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 07:51:44 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII 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" One place I worked even had their Xterms set to 4 spaces; it caused a lot of grief when I imported some software from a previous employer which had tabs every 8 spaces (don't ask). However, I'm now a 4-space person, but with hard tabs set where they are supposed to be so I use a mixture of ^T/^D etc. That said, I also have the view that if your code needs to be indented so much then it probably ought to be split out into functions; there's that old aphorism about a single page of code... -- Dave