I'm thinking of making a gratuitous change to nearly all the htmlparser
source files -- replace tabs with spaces.
I've been using a tabstop of 4 and my guess is some others have been
using 8. This is too much in my opinion, but the point is there seems to
be too much ambiguity in the repository at the moment about whether to
use tabs or not and how many spaces they represent and hence how much
indent is applied when entering a block of code. Maybe it's my fault.
I've been a 4 space person ever since moving away from the old DOS text
screens, where it was two spaces, and only because screen real-estate
was so precious. So the code I've inserted must look horrendous for
those with an 8 spacing.
How about arbitrarily dictating that no tabs are allowed, and the indent
is 4? Just set a standard and adhere to it.
I know every editor in use has a 'replace tabs with spaces' option and
it's just a matter of some people turning that feature on. I can
correct the existing files in a few minutes (correctly adding the number
of spaces to get to the next tabs stop, not just globally substituting
spaces for tabs).
I know this is a religious issue, so I'll gladly offer to convince
anyone my way is correct and theirs is wrong, and trump anyone's code
drop with one that doesn't contain tabs until they give up. Harrumph!
Derrick
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