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Re: Kawa Code Formatting
"Brian D. Carlstrom" <bdc@zurich.ai.mit.edu> writes:
> The problem again with the tabs is that it works if you using Emacs, but
> the LCD is just to use spaces and assume people can't customize their
> editor of choice. a poor choice perhaps, and if you don't want to cater
> to LCD, a fine one. I have a M-x tab-toggle function to switch between 4
> and 8 space tabs since I hit it so much.
It sort of works to use a fixed indentation size (such as 4 columns)
and always use tabs. When the LCD is that the indentation structure
will be consistent, but the indentation *amount* may be unreliable.
I.e. some people will see 8-column indentation, while others will
see 4-column indentation.
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