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: [External] : Re: Indentation with spaces Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:20:31 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87fskezg7s.fsf@dataswamp.org> 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="15909"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stefan Monnier , "'Help-Gnu-Emacs (help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)'" To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 09 22:24:09 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 1nzOhM-0003pb-FW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 22:24:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56746 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzOhK-0008JY-Vd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzOe0-0006Zq-9I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:20:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]:14721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nzOdy-0007F2-1C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:20:39 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1654806036; x=1655065236; bh=zbE1/rDR+t73GqpbANasPYlVIZwoEKAP2oGytt/JzOk=; 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=SB752aVGwSQVOPFll6Xm9zV4MBQxcwxsCcvbR6wIHJx//9Dvc02g6SIR8CDuO0Dhf U5DIMANq87MosTpww/116fVeEs4nYxiSzaHGDz/b/mxSO2fNMANfEEIX8KzNnmsQNr OABhJWLBxWGubPMzlrOuZ4pTD3gBlEcp4/swttzx6WgNIT058CBEkQr4gutGsFIb5Z RCW9icagSSleIL10kc42lfi2ylekw7/Tkq391j06VB1zG5aMzMpSH5ihf89cwUnCbm 63KoNtvP3XbefSA/jVAG0OBcco4LwBbDrRBsnc4cx3/8owsXC503gEjYkwkSip3I5s 04r0aoK9IjC7Q== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 43053548:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=goncholden@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.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:137582 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, June 10th, 2022 at 8:16 AM, Drew Adams w= rote: > > > Why is `indent-tabs-mode' t by default? Tabs should not be used. > > > > The world is split between 3 factions: > > - those users who absolutely cannot tolerate TABs. > > - those users who absolutely cannot tolerate the use of SPC instead of > > TAB to indent. > > - those users who have a life. > > Stefan > > > Hooray! If the closed-world hypothesis applies > then I can now say I have a life! The biggest problem is not allowing indentation with spaces but letting the= tab key introduce tabs. I work with many legacy work and would like tabs = and spaces displayed. So it is not that I cannot tolerate tabs or spaces.