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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:36:03 -0700
From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Organization: Yoyodyne Systems Labs
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Subject: Re: VIM [was source code standards!!!!!]
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Craig McClanahan wrote:
> 
> I'm not all that concerned about 4 vs 8 for tab stops, except that the
> current spec (the coding standards document we refer to in the web site)
> says tab means 8, and that tabs are allowed.  If we're going to change
> the rules, we should change the spec, or define our own modified version
> of it for this project.
> 
> Note that indentation for nested blocks is still required to be 4
> characters.

Means the directions below are right re 'shiftwidth' but not 'tabstop'.
Tabstop is always 8.  "se ai sm sw=4" is tattooed in the VI section of
my forebrain, and conforms to all the style guidelines suggested here.

I like tabs, they save bandwidth.  I wish tools just didn't change
them from the default of 8, since it's so confusing if they do.

- Dave


> Craig
> 
> Scott Stirling wrote:
> 
> > Agreed.
> >
> > > From: Tsoloane Moahloli [mailto:tsoloane@zen.co.za]
> > >
> > > Furthermore I also user the following
> > >
> > > set shiftwidth=4
> > > set tabstop=4
> > >
> > > This sets the various tab values mentioned below to 4 chars.
> > > I think this
> > > looks much nicer than 8...
> >