Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@×××××××.no>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The official answer on tabs and spaces
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:25:15
Message-Id: 20011020021722.A5833@prosalg.no
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] The official answer on tabs and spaces by Daniel Robbins
1 On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:26:30AM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
2 > The correct, official way is to use a single tab per indent. Tabs should not
3 > be converted to spaces, and multiple spaces should not be used in place of
4 > tabs. This way, people can use any tabstop they like and everything still
5 > is correctly indented.
6 >
7 > *All developers now need to adhere by these guidelines; many haven't in the
8 > past*
9
10 I will hack up a normalize script that everybody of a different religion
11 can run on their ebuilds before checking in ;)
12
13 Should also be nice to have when working through the existing ebuild-base.
14
15 regards,
16
17 Karl "Hackmeister-ohne-zeit" T