[OT] Auto code reformating / one coding style enforcment.

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:19:32 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:47:52 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>> It works just fine when you set tabs to be 8 characters, as god 
>>>>> intended them to be.
>>> Because it isn't screwed up when you type it to the screen or the printer.
>> 
>> LOL ... you *so* locked into the past its almost sad.
> 
> I run the latest operating systems, have a modern HP laserprinter, etc. 
> And what do they do? 8 column tabs. Do you know that the latest HTML 
> browsers default to 8 column tabs for <pre> sections? I run the latest 
> Thunderbird email system, and what does it do for text? 8 column tabs.
> 
> Using any other setting is like declaring that your inches are really 
> 1.82 centimeters long.

Firstly, I didn't say you were the *only* luddite ;-) 

Secondly, I too use such equipment and software and I don't have any issue
with using hard-tabs, because I don't use tabs.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"Down with mediocrity!"