Tabs and spaces in www and doc

Chris Zumbrunn chris at czv.com
Tue Mar 8 08:08:18 GMT 2005


On Mar 8, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:

> Again, another thing I'm sure there's a good reason for, but why do www
> (and doc, I suppose) use two spaces up until you get to 8, and then use
> a tab? Why not use tabs and set the width to two spaces? Spaces make it
> a real hassle to (re)format ;).

I've seen the opposite also: One tab followed by spaces. And differences
from line to line, depending on who edited last. Certainly, it would be
good to know what should be used, tabs or spaces, so that things can be
cleaned up while working on it.

/czv



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