From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: goncholden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Indentation with spaces Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:44:05 +0000 Message-ID: <1ExlSDhd0QAoOgcUQUnVRpxoVTlLeKv4pAu5FwiFGf4DLNss16liXojIQQI2QlUkM7C2U4gdv7BSycPKuX945-h3HfXcvLExpqY2wA9LIao=@protonmail.com> References: <87fskezg7s.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87zgimm0f8.fsf@yahoo.com> Reply-To: goncholden Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8195"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 09 19:26:40 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nzLvb-0001y1-99 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:26:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37380 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzLvZ-00032k-S6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:26:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzKKY-0005DQ-PS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:44:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.24]:39823) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzKKW-0004Bd-HW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:44:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1654789453; x=1655048653; bh=4vFVIYdazNmfK0S5HROGw2frecDc6ttlChUKvmveIw8=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To: Feedback-ID:Message-ID; b=logTlrkfD1vgtKhq7uY6Kj5W++VuWl0gJSaVqMprjvOfI9E/8/X5pMFzYz2T78Oq8 tLyZBHF77l5W6DDtk9Pg5D9e93Bwv0n/dkJvkLJglpVGu5QjJH/N8paUPu0WlUFX3e lmIzFclTMT/lo5p+1W+9VGrfLnqBAOyhQJBnCg/7UGDYLiZtwzayhziVILLVKyetg9 SScgPHLjvXr9nxaAUPRhSBeFMeb64Z8nl0/RPI3RvWDWFoKk3c0HMM2qTSFJOSI7gL uEW+IaT+4+KgtrW6XyyyjbBI1Hv1b9M0O5oE2Tdzoxf6xLHrov6XDJEFGpxpDFfuHY VIcBug9PGq3XA== In-Reply-To: <87zgimm0f8.fsf@yahoo.com> Feedback-ID: 43053548:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.24; envelope-from=goncholden@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4324.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:137567 Archived-At: It is not wrong to use tabs but creates problems as most tabs and trailing spaces in emacs cannot be seen or easily displayed. There is also the prob= lem that things could look different on other people=E2=80=99s computers. It i= s a shame than proposing a change makes a flame war, as consistency should be the pre= ferred choice. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, June 10th, 2022 at 1:27 AM, Po Lu wrote: > Emanuel Berg incal@dataswamp.org writes: > > > Why is `indent-tabs-mode' t by default? Tabs should not > > be used. > > > What is the problem with using tabs for indentation? > I use them to indent both C-like languages and Emacs Lisp. > > At my day job, we prefer to indent code with tabs as well.