Re: Self Help (1)

[Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au>]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 06:46:25PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Zbigniew Chyla <cyba gnome pl> writes:
> 
> > Besides, _assuming_ that tabs are 8 characters is always a bad thing...
> 
> Assuming that you can only indent using tabs (and that such is a good
> idea) is always a bad thing.
> 
> Assuming that you can change the width of tabs on all devices is a bad
> thing.
> 
> Assuming that people will want to change the width of tab stops for
> every single different program just because of some weirdos who won't
> use spaces is a bad thing.

Sure! A flame war on tab settings is really going to be a productive use
of everybody's time and reach a unified conclusion.

Walk away from it. Be flexible in what you accept and do it my way when
you write code. It's that simple. :-)

Malcolm

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