Re: [Docutils-develop] [PATCH 0/9] Allow literal tabs in reStructuredText

[engelbert g. <eng...@gm...>]

mind you ... this is a discussion

On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 19:12, Jarret "Jax" Renker <
jar...@pr...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 at 1:49 PM, engelbert gruber <
> eng...@gm...> wrote:
> > thinking about tabs
> >
> > * python discourages usage hardtabs and space mixing, because becomes
> painful (IMHO)
>
> Sure, but other languages, e.g. Makefile, mandate tabs and so do some
> styleguides.
>
> > * python philosophy : explicit is better then implicit ... would an
> option :hard-tabs: keep
> > be more in line ?
>
> I'm fine with that.  I planned (re)using the tab_width option of
> docutils.conf (setting it to -1 preserves tabs, like its cousin does for
> the include directive) but introducing a new option is also ok.
>
>
> Regards,  Jax
>