[thelist] Spaces instead of tabs, (was: anyone spot the software....)

Chris Blessing webguy at mail.rit.edu
Fri Mar 22 16:57:01 CST 2002


IMHO tabs are much easier when editing via Notepad or Homesite, or the like.
It takes less effort to move the cursor around and it's much easier on the
eyes.  Plus it's more consistent throughout because it only takes 1 tab
instead of 2, 3, 5 or 7 spaces, whatever your style may be.

But you're right, tabs can sometimes be "misconstrued" depending on the
platform and/or editor, strangely.  A space is always a space, but a tab can
differ.

Chris Blessing
webguy at mail.rit.edu
http://www.330i.net

> I'll bite: why would indents made up of spaces rather than tabs be a bad
> thing?
>
> I recently swapped to spaces instead of tabs for consistency reasons
> (the PEAR project requires it in their coding standards documentation).
> Sure in html files it adds a few extra bytes, but the bulk of the
> programs I'm working never leave the server.
>
> Does it really matter as long as one is consistent?
>
> Cheers
> Andrew




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