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From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BBC] Programmers who use spaces 'paid more'
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:51:31 +0300
Date: 2017-06-21T00:51:31+03:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621005131.3a80ed65ff72d9119bccfa73@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 199qat1lcmdkc$.lmbpz7dj77lx.dlg@40tude.net

JJ:

> Tab characters are annoying.  They messes the cur-
> sor's  column  position  when  it's  being   moved
> up/down and through the middle of the non existing
> space which was generated by the tab character.

There is a standard convention that  works  100%  of
the time:
                 Indent with tabs
                 Align with spaces

Such code will look good regardless of the tab width
used in the editor, so that each programmer may  set
up whatever tab width he prefers.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-20 21:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-18 13:45 [BBC] Programmers who use spaces 'paid more' Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-18 20:13 ` Per Sandberg
2017-06-18 23:03   ` J. Clarke
2017-06-19  0:22     ` Lew Pitcher
2017-06-19  5:50     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2017-06-19 14:28       ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-20  3:00     ` Snit
2017-06-21 12:57       ` lyttlec
2017-06-19 10:46   ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-19  1:19 ` Chris M. Thomasson
2017-06-19  2:23   ` J. Clarke
2017-06-19 19:42     ` Chris M. Thomasson
2017-06-20  1:49       ` frankmanning
2017-06-20  2:18         ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2017-06-21 13:02           ` lyttlec
2017-06-20  2:19       ` J. Clarke
2017-06-20 18:44         ` Chris M. Thomasson
2017-06-21 13:07         ` lyttlec
2017-06-19 10:47   ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-19 11:24     ` AnthonyL
2017-06-19 12:26       ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-19 13:53 ` JJ
2017-06-19 14:27   ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-06-20 21:51   ` Anton Shepelev [this message]
2017-06-21 10:27 ` jm.tarrasa
2017-06-21 12:27 ` Simon Wright
2017-06-22  0:09   ` Robert Eachus
2017-06-21 16:48 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2017-06-21 16:52   ` Mr. Man-wai Chang
2017-07-05 18:36   ` Adam Jensen
2017-06-23  2:24 ` Randy Brukardt
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