Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r111061: Fix for bad test in ruby-mode-tests.el.

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@member.fsf.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Which is why there needs to be a clear policy, supported by Emacs tools,
>> that everyone knows and follows.
>
> And the policy is: don't modify TABs or spaces on lines you do
> not otherwise change.

That's clear.

But the other part of the question was: are we supposed to use tabs or
spaces when editing new or old code?

It's easy enough to tell Emacs which to use, and it's best if all code
in a project follows a common standard.

I don't see any documentation on this in the various READMEs in the
Emacs source tree (but I may have missed something).

I thought this was mentioned in the Gnu coding standards (I have a note
in my .emacs for C style that says the Gnu coding standard requires tabs),
but I don't see it in the current version at
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html

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-- Stephe