Re: [Erlyaws-list] tabs versus spaces

[Bob I. <bo...@re...>]

On 5/30/07, Claes Wikstrom <kl...@ta...> wrote:
> Brian Templeton wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've noticed that some of the Yaws source is rather difficult to read
> > due to inconsistent use of whitespace. Within the *.erl files in the
> > src directory there are 7134 lines beginning with a tab, 4366 lines
> > beginning with a space, and 4572 lines that mix spaces and tabs at the
> > beginning of the line. Wouldn't it be better to use consistent
> > whitespace throughout the project?
> >
>
> This is the way emacs does it. I guess at least 50% of all opensource code
> is written with emacs. What tool do you use to view the code. I guess vi does the
> same, but I don't know.
>

It depends on the mode. Python mode for example uses spaces for
everything, no tabs whatsoever. Erlang mode could be "fixed" to do
something more consistent too.

vim doesn't normally do the same thing.

-bob