RE: reminder -- eight spaces != tab


Subject: RE: reminder -- eight spaces != tab
From: Paul Rohr (paul@abisource.com)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2001 - 15:22:45 CST


At 11:02 PM 3/3/01 -0800, WJCarpenter wrote:
>paul> "14. Indents are 4 spaces or 1 tab. Tabs are 4 spaces."
>paul> Please fix this.
>
>Yes, someone please fix this ambiguous language. Tabs are *not* 4
>spaces, and no style guide can make them be. As far as I can tell
>from the context, "Tabs indent to multiples of 4 columns."

Hi Bill,

Are you confused ... or just feeling grumpy? ;-)

Paul



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