From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0311381F3 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:25:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40A4AE0AA4; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com (mail-wi0-f175.google.com [209.85.212.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F631E0A98 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id c10so977078wiw.14 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:25:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=P2jin7xvfgcwfvYkEjL20GsWA8IFqz/oqlVRS1acYQ8=; b=GXdoK/C/29HgbAzCJ/T0D1gGyxnWmlGfIFYKWf6tN3xatqF0eO50egMRO3FEGyEJqj xh2J6efhzsrx5OqwVG3K8QvHXthEXBThfzBTnnh3WR9iQWxqQF1iN0/seZseFSx1hqdR RrmYsuXSMuiNccJfc/AxRSloQ+S85oVsJVcCIS88E092m1kpUKNE28ns0tTRWnRklArv ZLow/teNgmlINzsgQBfxSEYNizmrzVEWC69fJmR5kn+dvvnnqs+aLpg02n53oMNwDzGx Pd1uTgf3czWtTV+kn5Y8yQ37gg891FK8dag3a7d/8FayiZd/l20sppI+MC68CMv8Jb0t m01A== X-Received: by 10.194.109.136 with SMTP id hs8mr28383257wjb.8.1365974739958; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc13-broo7-2-0-cust130.14-2.cable.virginmedia.com. [82.9.16.131]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q13sm10263511wie.0.2013.04.14.14.25.38 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:25:31 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About how many spaces a tab represents Message-ID: <20130414222531.1c285ce4@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <1365974524.26280.2.camel@localhost> References: <1365974524.26280.2.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.16; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/Xi6Uy885nYkO6.MQ621UgEV"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 87b5a7db-6e8b-483b-896f-07a901578af8 X-Archives-Hash: adac59486146112283b330c17e9ef3e9 --Sig_/Xi6Uy885nYkO6.MQ621UgEV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:22:04 +0200 Pacho Ramos wrote: > I noticed this problem now that joe was modified to comply with this > rule set in devmanual: > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html#indenti= ng-and-whitespace >=20 > It stated a tab represents 4 spaces. Where does this rule come from? > Why 8 spaces wasn't chosen instead? I say that because looks like 8 > spaces equivalence is used by tools like "cat", "less", even CVS > reports in gentoo-commits show tabs as 8 spaces instead of 4.=20 Hysterical raisins. Unfortunately drobbins mandated it that way early on, because he didn't use a proper text editor. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/Xi6Uy885nYkO6.MQ621UgEV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlFrHs8ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGsnQCeOXSioNkWyXAB4+lIdyUPwh0Q BtkAoMdu0E1RxT63Z7XaFJ4JxhDp96Zn =24ze -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Xi6Uy885nYkO6.MQ621UgEV--