On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Matimus > wrote: > > > On Jul 24, 2:54 am, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >> In message > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > >> > >> Matimus wrote: > >> > That isn't the standard. With that setup tabs will show up as 4 > >> > spaces, and still confuse you. > >> > >> Why should that be confusing? The most common tab-stop setting is 4 > >> columns. > > > > A tab character is specified as 8 spaces. > > Specified by whom? The most common setting these days is 4 columns. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > A tab-stop has historically been 8 spaces. Most terminals, printers and other devices understand the tab as 8 characters. Smart editors have made it easy to make tabs APPEAR as four spaces, but they are almost universally interpreted elsewhere as 8 characters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key -- Stand Fast, tjg. [Timothy Grant]
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