From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
Subject: Re: indent-tabs-mode
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:29:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zmedy23o.fsf@olgas.newt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: E1GAtWw-00075x-Qh@fencepost.gnu.org
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> 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.
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Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-09 22:29 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 ` Bill Wohler [this message]
2006-08-10 2:51 ` indent-tabs-mode Stefan Monnier
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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