On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 02:15:45PM +0000, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:21:50PM +0000, Matt Sergeant wrote: >> On 14 Dec 2004, at 11:26, Clayton, Nik wrote: >>> That's something the editor can care about. When I hit the TAB key it >>> should just do whatever the house style requires. >> >> But what about when I'm using notepad.exe??? > > Or an even more common example, my laser printer? Tabs are 8 spaces. > Printers know this. Terminals know this. Even browsers know this. Do > the world a favour and don't tell your editor otherwise.
He didn't say he was insterting tab characters, he said he was pressing his tab key. Not the same thing. The combination of tabs and spaces inserted when I press tab depends on the type of file I'm editing. andrew -- Capricorn: (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) It's beginning to look like you'll never understand that ruffled skirts don't look good with coloured stockings, especially on men with legs like yours.
