Re: spaces

2009-01-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Tim Rice wrote: Or maybe it just seems so because those that want a change are those that will speak up. I prefer tabs. If I want the text in the 25th column it's just 3 tab keys and start typing. I don't have to count out pressing the space bar 24 times and then wondering i

Re: spaces

2009-01-22 Thread Tim Rice
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Peter Rosin wrote: > Den 2009-01-21 23:13, skrev Ralf Wildenhues: > > * Charles Wilson wrote on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 07:29:52PM CET: > > > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > > > For many years I have had my editor configured to always use > > > > spaces. This ensures WYSIWYG for ever

Re: spaces

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2009-01-21 23:13, skrev Ralf Wildenhues: * Charles Wilson wrote on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 07:29:52PM CET: Bob Friesenhahn wrote: For many years I have had my editor configured to always use spaces. This ensures WYSIWYG for everyone involved. Agree 100%. I try to manually match whatever sp/t

Re: spaces

2009-01-22 Thread Akim Demaille
Le 19 janv. 09 à 23:38, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit : Bonjour Ralf! It is true that I have been disturbed and even annoyed by tab vs. space in some patches that gave the impression of improper indentation. Therefore, for a year or so, I am now using spaces only. But it is not sufficient for Li

Re: spaces

2009-01-21 Thread Charles Wilson
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > OK so it seems there are more voices for spaces. > Can we agree to make the switch only after 2.2.8 though, > I would like to avoid unnecessary churn ATM. Works for me. -- Chuck

Re: spaces

2009-01-21 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Charles Wilson wrote on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 07:29:52PM CET: > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > For many years I have had my editor configured to always use > > spaces. This ensures WYSIWYG for everyone involved. > > Agree 100%. I try to manually match whatever sp/tab convention is in > place -- usin

Re: spaces

2009-01-20 Thread Charles Wilson
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > For many years I have had my editor configured to always use > spaces. This ensures WYSIWYG for everyone involved. Agree 100%. I try to manually match whatever sp/tab convention is in place -- using vi if I have to -- but much prefer all spaces. -- Chuck

Re: spaces

2009-01-19 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Akim, * Akim Demaille wrote on Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:44:37AM CET: > Le 10 janv. 09 à 22:25, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit : > >> Maybe we should update HACKING about the style we decide about? >> (note this is really just bike shedding, and babbling) > > I definitely think this would be a good idea

Re: spaces (was: Provide a means to activate dynamically the debug traces)

2009-01-19 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Akim Demaille wrote: I have worked for years with the same set up as you, using an much TAB as is possible. But I read someday something that Jim wrote about this topic, in which he was advocating the no-tab approach, and I was convinced. What changed my viewpoint was th

Re: spaces (was: Provide a means to activate dynamically the debug traces)

2009-01-19 Thread Akim Demaille
Le 10 janv. 09 à 22:25, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit : BTW, your editor seems to both reformat existing code, and use different indenting strategy for new code. Hmm. Yeah, I know. But fixing the indentation issues progressively does not seem bad to me. I certainly don't want these useless di