Hi,

On 2015-04-13 14:47:04, Maurice Kinal wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Re: last one standing":

 WvV>> you should avoid tab characters where ever possible, because
 WvV>> every system, or piece of software has its own idea of how many
 WvV>> spaces a tab character represents...

 MK> Agreed.  However in the case of posting shell scripts, c code and the
such,

For code it's even more important to not have ambiguity. I never use tab chars
when I write code.

 MK> the above idea will increase the byte size of messages - 7 bytes per
 MK> tab in the case here although that can be redefined.  I am not sure
 MK> how important that will end up being but something to consider if
 MK> indeed it is important.

Only if you're near the limit of a fidonet message. What is that now? 16KB? But
how usefull is it to post such big pieces of code? I can't remember ever have
seen that happen in fidonet...

Bye, Wilfred.


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