Re: Are TABs a topic? ( was Re: “A dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch [...])

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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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