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=2.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23071 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2021 21:27:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Mar 2021 21:27:44 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CE91B9CA79; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:27:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA97B9CA6A; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:27:32 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="nCA/v9my"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A32A09CA6A; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:27:30 +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 253359CA68 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:27:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id r19so28801380otk.2 for ; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:27:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=i9LMbiNr+LVoq3BTplm4Z8haHMUocR5OKtkyoe7np6k=; b=nCA/v9myKgVtU7vSgNotFSChrZkeNX57/toM7rBQ5c9NJUDoQQ3i/PxAxpKmfssqpJ YoX1cDLe3Mq5hQOCSGwkLM7Q5vxKKoSQGaQPBSSgswOby0x1J0lwv9ebgBi9afLvqkHc LKo7+q86BjpNwn6iVXccAvdNRnrpQG2hlLsNeEY9muzeet77Ppl5W81REeOp7IXasm2w lH3CNYvmYJRc+4Excg674JTIMUIcQbiL4rM6GD3mBZUBKWLgh0D02u929vgJPENWsml7 uwXqhIyOWmpb1UKMHptSFEFIpDgZrYSPJlyDGnIhnVs7nXg3t3KeH7Ifg4UyYVO4XWg7 jfrQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=i9LMbiNr+LVoq3BTplm4Z8haHMUocR5OKtkyoe7np6k=; b=te3kkmDMhTW9mPkiBcEXqrRoItzGtWj6LRVDwDvmYILhyY2W9GIOOHe1Is2dy8yuYT U0PrZw0jaeUbX6GVNHYKRMt2IXTcgWtNVpAiGTm+aVCF9Ts07Ukb1QX57u82cOg3qiMV D92BqUC5l8I2f28UDDVdBhybw7MevJRCPUIICHmej/1uIj3qXlLx5pZb3nGiLn7qsA9p KnSM9hz95Iz7j9gszN0xTOnYaAxSG/X9Q9YKE4JaVj0k7yNUXpMNc4P/EarpIvO9ODGv IIHX/1PS4tFx+PvruroSMOCsMoUDYWAuwyE62GLeWFuVFZpsla2USCBRwh7ZCkhbnpEU PNZw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5309AWt2tsQEPs81Jug3Hu4omyDzvJADF79GWyrkrSfXhRzZVvbm iBURqZ/wIKI92AX3cuWoqypTVDbYHqQXWQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz8mQrLt8xejkl8YDoU0Fg530UGMF6dEh5FpBHbppTsW1e/TqA2uectKpsuacjV1ljXM13m4w== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1f41:: with SMTP id u1mr5239638oth.353.1614893249320; Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:27:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.local ([107.242.112.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m22sm103730ooj.43.2021.03.04.13.27.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:27:28 -0800 (PST) To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey References: <20210304212459.GA6303@eureka.lemis.com> From: Will Senn Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:27:27 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210304212459.GA6303@eureka.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US 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 3/4/21 3:24 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > FWIW, FreeBSD's style(9) man page > (https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=style&apropos=0&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+12.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html) > includes: > > Indentation is an 8 character tab. Second level indents are four > spaces. > > I've always used 8 character tabs (though in my own code I don't stick > to style(9)). As others have commented, it's the Unix standard, and > the confusion between tabs and spaces is bad enough without changing > the relationship. > > Greg Wow, mixed tabs and spaces? On purpose? That's nuts :).