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| Date | Mon, 8 Dec 2014 10:25:41 +0800 |
| Subject | 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 > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Freelance Grails <http://grails.asia/> and Java <http://javadevnotes.com/> developer
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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
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