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On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:55:12AM -0500, Aron Griffis wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> There is apparently a difference of opinion among Gentoo developers |
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> concerning the use of tabs and spaces. I realize this is a topic as |
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> dear to the hearts of developers as Gnome vs. KDE, and Vim vs. Emacs. |
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> So I approach it with some trepidation. Nevertheless, I've been |
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> frustrated by the current practice, so I'm going to propose my opinion |
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> and hope that this thread won't persist long on gentoo-dev. |
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The correct, official way is to use a single tab per indent. Tabs should not |
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be converted to spaces, and multiple spaces should not be used in place of |
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tabs. This way, people can use any tabstop they like and everything still |
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is correctly indented. |
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*All developers now need to adhere by these guidelines; many haven't in the |
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past* |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |