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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About how many spaces a tab represents
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How many avocados does a tab represent?
-A
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Aaron W. Swenson <titanofold@gentoo.org>wr=
ote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 08:15:08AM +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote:
> > El lun, 15-04-2013 a las 07:21 +0200, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny escribi=C3=
=B3:
> > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:22:04 +0200
> > > Pacho Ramos <pacho@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I noticed this problem now that joe was modified to comply with thi=
s
> > > > rule set in devmanual:
> > > >
> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html#indenti=
ng-and-whitespace
> > > >
> > > > 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 i=
n
> > > > gentoo-commits show tabs as 8 spaces instead of 4.
> > >
> > > Hmm, does that have implications on anything else but counting line
> > > width?
> > >
> >
> > Well, I was a bit surprised an ebuild I was thinking was looking in a
> > way, was really shown a bit different when, for example, simply running
> > less over it :/
> >
>
> A tab is a tab. How wide it is, is up to you. The convention is that
> four spaces should be replace by a tab. You can configure tab width
> for your terminal with:
>
> setterm -regtabs 4
>
> If you want to, that is.
>
> --
> Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
> Gentoo Linux Developer
> Email : titanofold@gentoo.org
> GnuPG FP : 2C00 7719 4F85 FB07 A49C 0E31 5713 AA03 D1BB FDA0
> GnuPG ID : D1BBFDA0
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">How many=C2=A0avocados=C2=A0does a tab represent?<div><br>=
</div><div style>-A</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:10 AM, Aaron W. Swenson <span d=
ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:titanofold@gentoo.org" target=3D"_blank">t=
itanofold@gentoo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">On M=
on, Apr 15, 2013 at 08:15:08AM +0200, Pacho Ramos wrote:<br>
> El lun, 15-04-2013 a las 07:21 +0200, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny escribi=
=C3=B3:<br>
> > On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:22:04 +0200<br>
> > Pacho Ramos <<a href=3D"mailto:pacho@gentoo.org">pacho@gentoo.=
org</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > I noticed this problem now that joe was modified to comply w=
ith this<br>
> > > rule set in devmanual:<br>
> > > <a href=3D"http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-f=
ormat/index.html#indenting-and-whitespace" target=3D"_blank">http://devmanu=
al.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/file-format/index.html#indenting-and-whitespac=
e</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > > It stated a tab represents 4 spaces. Where does this rule co=
me from? Why<br>
> > > 8 spaces wasn't chosen instead? I say that because looks=
like 8 spaces<br>
> > > equivalence is used by tools like "cat", "les=
s", even CVS reports in<br>
> > > gentoo-commits show tabs as 8 spaces instead of 4.<br>
> ><br>
> > Hmm, does that have implications on anything else but counting li=
ne<br>
> > width?<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Well, I was a bit surprised an ebuild I was thinking was looking in a<=
br>
> way, was really shown a bit different when, for example, simply runnin=
g<br>
> less over it :/<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>A tab is a tab. How wide it is, is up to you. The convention is=
that<br>
four spaces should be replace by a tab. You can configure tab width<br>
for your terminal with:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 setterm -regtabs 4<br>
<br>
If you want to, that is.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
--<br>
Mr. Aaron W. Swenson<br>
Gentoo Linux Developer<br>
Email : <a href=3D"mailto:titanofold@gentoo.org">titanofold@gentoo.org</a><=
br>
GnuPG FP : 2C00 7719 4F85 FB07 A49C 0E31 5713 AA03 D1BB FDA0<br>
GnuPG ID : D1BBFDA0<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
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