On 4/5/2017 2:01 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2017-04-05, Jim Diamond  wrote:
>
>> You can set up emacs so that the tab key puts in the right amount of
>> indentation for the current line.  With tab chars being 8 spaces wide,
>> it can either be told to use only spaces for indentation or it can be
>> told to use the appropriate number of (8-wide) tabs followed by (e.g.)
>> 4 spaces.
>
> So it _can_ be done.  I'll have to take another look at it in my
> copious free time.  (Hah!)
>
> One solution I find unacceptable is to use one tab character per level;
> if you tell your editor of choice that a tab is 4 characters, your code
> might look great in that editor, but it'll still look like hell everywhere
else.

Most editors I use can work with variable width tabs and in fact,
usually remember the setting.

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Rick C

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