Re: [Phpwiki-talk] tab-width

[Steve W. <sw...@pa...>]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Jeff Dairiki wrote:

> I think the intention of the PEAR standards is that indentation be
> achieved using only tabs.  This allows individuals to adjust
> the displayed indentation just by changing the tab-width.
> The problem is that even when tab-width == c-basic-offset, emacs
> does not really guarantee that all indentation is achieved using
> tabs rather than spaces.

Hmm. The page states: "Use an indent of 4 spaces, with no tabs. If you use
Emacs to edit PEAR code, you should set indent-tabs-mode to nil." So the
intention is to do away with tabs altogether, I suppose. If you need to
put tabs in the code then \t is the way to go. However I'm in a flexible
mood today...

I'm willing to concede this point for the greater good of the project: if
everyone is happy with tabs, and adjusting your editor accordingly, we'll
go with tabs and I'll have to fix my .emacs file.

cheers
~swain

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