From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On tabs and spaces Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:23:04 -0600 Message-ID: <85mw5j5gvb.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <54B6FA42.6000608@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421393009 24041 80.91.229.3 (16 Jan 2015 07:23:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:23:29 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 16 08:23:28 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1Fg-0002cH-8U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:23:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54301 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1Ff-0001iF-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:23:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1Fc-0001iA-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:23:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1FZ-0007Gt-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:23:24 -0500 Original-Received: from gproxy8-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.33.93]:34613) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1FY-0007GG-Sy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:23:21 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 13715 invoked by uid 0); 16 Jan 2015 07:23:14 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO cmgw3) (10.0.90.84) by gproxy8.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 16 Jan 2015 07:23:14 -0000 Original-Received: from host114.hostmonster.com ([74.220.207.114]) by cmgw3 with id gXP91p00K2UdiVW01XPCg1; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:23:14 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=Lo0BlBtc c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:117 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:17 a=DsvgjBjRAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=TeMFXEv2S7AA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=hEr_IkYJT6EA:10 a=jrwKn-8xaegA:10 a=YNv0rlydsVwA:10 a=vaJtXVxTAAAA:8 a=sh8EqkyIp4TkHyYqGIYA:9 Original-Received: from [70.94.38.149] (port=54049 helo=takver) by host114.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1YC1FN-0000QT-92 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:23:09 -0700 In-Reply-To: <54B6FA42.6000608@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:22:42 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (windows-nt) X-Identified-User: {2442:host114.hostmonster.com:stephele:stephe-leake.org} {sentby:smtp auth 70.94.38.149 authed with stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org} X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 67.222.33.93 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181322 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > On 01/15/2015 02:15 AM, Artur Malabarba wrote: >> Given that `.dir-locals.el' sets `indent-tabs-mode' to nil, > > Which one? > >> does that >> mean we prefer spaces for indentation everywhere? >> And, if so, would it be acceptable to push a commit that simply converts >> a file from tabs to spaces? > > Nope. As per previous discussions, It's much better to refer to current documents than previous discussions; this is precisely what /CONTRIBUTE is for. However, there is no discussion of tab/space in there yet; perhaps someone should add it. -- -- Stephe