[thelist] tabs v spaces

Ed McCarroll Ed at ComSimplicity.com
Thu Jan 2 07:10:01 CST 2003


>   HTML-Kit tabs are immediately convert to spaces

In which case it makes no difference beyond the point where you
save the file.

  Ed

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of kristina
> Sent: January 02, 2003 3:25 AM
> To: Burhan Khalid
> Subject: Re[2]: [thelist] tabs v spaces
>
>
>
> Thursday, January 2, 2003, 11:11:34 AM, Burhan wrote:
>
> <:>
> > 1. One key does the spacing (don't have to keep
> > hitting the space key)
> <:>
>   HTML-Kit tabs are immediately convert to spaces
>   - so still only using tab key.
>
>   My preference is definately spaces (I have
>   absolutely no idea why....!)
>
> <:>
> > 2. Tabs are easily adjusted. If I don't like the
> > spacing, I just change the tab spacing in any
> > editor and the page is reformatted without much
> > in the way of a headache.
> <:>
>   thats true and not easy to reformat using the
>   tab-to-spaces method.
>
> <:>
> > I always keep my files indented while uploading.
> > That way, when I want to download them to edit,
> > they are already nicely formatted.
> <:>
>   I do the same, as I find it immensely difficult
>   to code 'untidy' code.
>
>   But as I wasn't certain that uploading indented
>   code was the best method I thought I'd see what
>   other listers do.
>
>   I think I have heard somewhere that code should
>   be unindented on upload and to save having to
>   re-indent keep an indented copy locally - which
>   to me is just asking for a disaster...!
>
>   But as Joel pointed out, I think the files would
>   have to be gargantuan to warrant going to all
>   the trouble of unindenting just to save a few
>   kb...?
>
> <:>
> > Hoping this helps,
> <:>
>   it does indeed thank you
>
>   ;o)
>
> --
> tia as always
>
> bfn
> .kristina
>
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