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 0A3381381F3 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 65991E08CA; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:20:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CE3DE08C6 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pomiocik.lan (178-37-171-226.adsl.inetia.pl [178.37.171.226]) (using SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mgorny) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8272333D3D9; Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:20:43 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:21:30 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: pacho@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About how many spaces a tab represents Message-ID: <20130415072130.37a813d8@pomiocik.lan> In-Reply-To: <1365974524.26280.2.camel@localhost> References: <1365974524.26280.2.camel@localhost> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; 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-SHA512; boundary="Sig_/Z3JF4So+IXqZpM1DRlP0ytQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: ba5b3baf-f6ad-472a-b2a2-3787fcd72603 X-Archives-Hash: aef344db875e94322e05092631ae890b --Sig_/Z3JF4So+IXqZpM1DRlP0ytQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Hmm, does that have implications on anything else but counting line width? --=20 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny --Sig_/Z3JF4So+IXqZpM1DRlP0ytQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJRa45dXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ1RUJGMjBGOTk2RkIzQzIyQ0M2RkNBNDBC QUJGMUQ1RkY4QzgxMTBBAAoJELq/HV/4yBEKbzQQAKcUQ/3Fk8LA8jwQBTeKfJUR wpjM3rjEsATHh8FVh5u+gcJTZ0vyybgV40gnZsU7+pxg6LZX5jwUncygAH2NTAMq Na9Xgg5ozCLYjo39AY3tlO+bX1V4niKvA9YbZgJFmz+6d7dbAxzKhaIfZfbyccY0 jaSzZQ1VAxre6+pRkBGiiwDdg8PyXyctAoG0ULtSV2iNAGVSHlqZgRpivftVu57X n8Gu0vR/W54tby0TvZ7R7/wzyTXkEMd0ph1EcJlJgTrvUVBSbV8iTMVbWPhROdcd 79Xjz9e7tUJ10QF4l/XOmL7JW2b3sBN6T0djF4RIPYloeNMDE8bwm95ZkEUjvxM2 C1j0xxQjet7mst4NValz+4EOzvSq99i478qtsuCJFR9LnC39Nt3pTo12S2JKUUOL +yx/T8I7JGK7RTTg0qJEBENrPKn1ws6V5HoYAX9wJzDkOCb6xGb0CMy4MxDiA3FY aQZweYPQhABk24Yk45LkiPs0eEv6zvR7Ks8IKz9lue2eg41rlAEyU8jrdCoKrtYU ZZ3nyl3y1/DbJUZA2TeQqR2Iupp3aB62ug0xdCi8wmj8te99vUosWJy0lmwV1+sG JuaWpyRJ4qeOCZVdWST8me7zWRZHbEKdvpOplQy2nHWdtApXoG0fYcZj/h1qa8PM SGjpxq5ty5SE1s4XPy1m =vKs0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Z3JF4So+IXqZpM1DRlP0ytQ--