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| From | steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.editors |
| Subject | Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) |
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| Date | 2026-10-12 18:09 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <87fqyaefl9.fsf@gmail.com> (permalink) |
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes: > On 2026-06-02 21:20, Mario Rosell wrote: >>> [...] >> I think TABs are cool because of this: you can set the indentation level >> to what you are used to. > > Sure. > >> also saves space if you really need to squash four bytes. > > I think this is the weakest argument for TABs; it had been weak > in former days already, and it's IMO quite ridiculous nowadays. No it is not over! I want my backtab to work like the drawing on the key Tab <----- -----> Why doesn't anyone use the backtab? never mind emacs has support for the backtab; it runs si:backtab :) > So that "Tabs vs. Spaces War" shouldn't be a topic nowadays since > we have all options in principle (but maybe not in all editors). That fight will never end; sendmail.cf has created a new generation of people that want spaces and not tab; tab should not be inserted into the user buffer because it is a gray key ? > Janis > > PS: And since I don't see the topical relevance for "C" (or C++) > I set Followup-to: comp.editors
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Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-03 10:28 +0200
Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-03 05:20 -0400
Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-03 14:50 +0200
Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-04 00:07 +0000
Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 18:09 -0400
Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...]) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-10-13 04:29 +0200
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