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

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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?

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Aahan Krish <krish@aahan.me> wrote:

> My understanding from talking to different people is that many do use
> tabs (instead of spaces) for indentation in their code.
>
> My question is to them (because I want to use tabs too) is: how do you
> maintain a line-length of 79 characters?
>
> E.g. scenario: The tab setting in your editor could be 2 or 4, and in
> other developer's browser it could be 8. The code will be longer than
> 79 chars in the latter's editor.
>
> I want to know if it's at all possible or if you use some simple and
> realistic (practical) hacks.
>
> *PS: Please avoid, "That's why you should use spaces," type of
> comments. I would like to avoid flame wars.*
>
> TY,
> Aahan
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Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? jtan <admin@grails.asia> - 2014-12-08 10:25 +0800
  Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-12-08 12:20 -0800
    Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-12-09 08:41 +1100
    Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-08 17:57 -0500
    Re: Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-12-08 20:17 -0500

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