Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-12 Thread DervishD
Hi Benny :) * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > Using only spaces as DervishD suggested works around that using brute > force by forcing the user to the author's preference which is > legitimate but may not be the most productive way. I admit it. > I think that my proposal of using

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-12 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:13:08AM +0200, Benny Halevy wrote: > checkpatch allows to indent with any number of tabs and up to 7 spaces. > This is consistent with Documentation/CodingStyle and therefore can be > considered "correct". However, forcing everybody to the same tab expansion > setup is t

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-12 Thread Benny Halevy
On Nov. 08, 2007, 17:58 +0200, Chris Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benny Halevy wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention >> described below that I personally found the most practical with >> several different editors. >> >> The gist of it

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-12 Thread Benny Halevy
On Nov. 11, 2007, 11:23 +0200, James Courtier-Dutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DervishD wrote: >> Bonjour Xavier :) >> >> * Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: >> >>> Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit : >>> * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-11 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
DervishD wrote: Bonjour Xavier :) * Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit : * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention described below that I

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-11 Thread Benny Halevy
On Nov. 10, 2007, 14:27 +0200, Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit : >> Hi Benny :) >> >> * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: >>> I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention >>> described below that I

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-10 Thread DervishD
Bonjour Xavier :) * Xavier Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit : > > * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > > I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention > > > described below that I personally found

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-10 Thread Xavier Bestel
Le samedi 10 novembre 2007 à 13:04 +0100, DervishD a écrit : > Hi Benny :) > > * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention > > described below that I personally found the most practical with > > several different editors. >

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-10 Thread DervishD
Hi Benny :) * Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention > described below that I personally found the most practical with > several different editors. While I respect you opinion about tabs, I find tab indentation the most

Re: Coding Style: indenting with tabs vs. spaces

2007-11-08 Thread Chris Snook
Benny Halevy wrote: Greetings, I would like to hear peoples opinion about the indentation convention described below that I personally found the most practical with several different editors. The gist of it is that tabs should be used for nesting, not for decoration. Indent your code with as ma