Re: commit


Subject: Re: commit
From: WJCarpenter (bill-abisource@carpenter.ORG)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 12:55:42 CST


Mike> Please respect the AW coding guidelines, tab=4. And we're *not*
Mike> using the GNU indentation style.

I'm always confused by this sort of comment. Why isn't it "use tabs
(not spaces) for indent, and set tabs to be whatever you happen to
prefer"? Is there some important case where it would matter to you if
I set tabs to display as 6 spaces? Couldn't you still see them as 4
spaces wide inside your editor of choice?

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