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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: indent-tabs-mode
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:51:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vep15mpq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zmedy23o.fsf@olgas.newt.com> (Bill Wohler's message of "Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:29:47 -0700")

>> Since it's generally agreed now that tabs are a bad thing, how about
>> changing the default value of indent-tabs-mode to t?
>> 
>> I don't think tabs are bad, and I see no reason to change this.
>> (t is the current default; perhaps you mean nil.)

> If everyone on the Emacs project used a different tab stop, you'd very
> quickly change your mind. That's the reality on any project that where
> editors other than Emacs are used.

That's irrelevant: In that case the problem doesn't come from
indent-tabs-mode and isn't fixed (or even mitigated) by changing
indent-tabs-mode.


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-10  2:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-09  0:19 indent-tabs-mode Nick Roberts
2006-08-09  0:34 ` indent-tabs-mode Giorgos Keramidas
2006-08-09  2:40 ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-09  3:45   ` indent-tabs-mode Nick Roberts
2006-08-09  4:58     ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-09  5:11       ` indent-tabs-mode Nick Roberts
2006-08-09  5:34         ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-09  6:13           ` indent-tabs-mode Nick Roberts
2006-08-09  7:13             ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-09 11:09             ` indent-tabs-mode Klaus Zeitler
2006-08-09 17:25               ` indent-tabs-mode Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-10  5:27                 ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-10 15:11                   ` indent-tabs-mode Stefan Monnier
2006-08-10 15:22                     ` indent-tabs-mode Aidan Kehoe
2006-08-09 19:15 ` indent-tabs-mode Richard Stallman
2006-08-09 22:29   ` indent-tabs-mode Bill Wohler
2006-08-10  2:51     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-08-10  5:30       ` indent-tabs-mode Miles Bader
2006-08-10 16:27     ` indent-tabs-mode Richard Stallman
2006-08-10 16:45       ` indent-tabs-mode Bill Wohler

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