Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces?

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  To: jtan
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Aahan Krish <kr...@aahan.me> wrote:
> My understanding from talking to different people is that many do use
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> tabs (instead of spaces) for indentation in their code.
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> My question is to them (because I want to use tabs too) is: how do you
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> maintain a line-length of 79 characters?
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> E.g. scenario: The tab setting in your editor could be 2 or 4, and in
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> other developer's browser it could be 8. The code will be longer than
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> 79 chars in the latter's editor.
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> I want to know if it's at all possible or if you use some simple and
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> realistic (practical) hacks.
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> *PS: Please avoid, "That's why you should use spaces," type of
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> comments. I would like to avoid flame wars.*
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> TY,
> 
> Aahan

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 6:26:01 PM UTC-8, jtan wrote:
> One reason why you would want max length 79 is because of working with 
terminals.  Maybe ssh to you server and check how many spaces are consumed by a 
tab?  In my boxes, it is usually 1 tab = 8 spaces.  So perhaps just use that 
setting in your editor?


My terminals are 120 columns wide.

Are there still people that are limiting their terminals to 80 columns?  If so, 
why?  I mean, I can understand if you're running on an ancient square monitor, 
but I see no reason to limit your terminal to 80 columns if you're running any 
sort of window 
environment on monitor with a horizontal resolution greater than 1280.

"Because that's how we've always done it!" is a pretty shitty reason to 
continue doing something.

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Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com.remove-cdt-this - 2014-12-09 11:32 -0500
  Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? "Ben Finney" <ben.finney@1:249/999.remove-cdt-this> - 2014-12-09 11:32 -0500
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