Re: How to post code correctly

Date	2011-10-10 09:19 -0700
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
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Subject	Re: How to post code correctly
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On 10/10/2011 8:47 AM, Lew wrote:
...
> And don't use TAB characters to indent.
>
> Set your IDE or editor to use spaces to indent.
>

This is very important. You can have code look perfectly reasonable when
you see it, in your IDE, with your tab settings, and turn into an
unreadable mess when viewed with different tab settings.

Patricia

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How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 09:31 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 04:09 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 08:47 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:19 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:27 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 05:55 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 13:18 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-10 07:25 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 14:56 -0700
        Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 23:57 +0000
    Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:23 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:24 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:03 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 18:56 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Gorman <gormenski@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 19:45 -0700

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