Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 09:24:40 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq book.sgml Message-ID: <XFMail.010403092440.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010403171608.E12452@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On 03-Apr-01 Ben Smithurst wrote:
> [ moved from -committers to -doc ]
>
> Udo Erdelhoff wrote:
>
>> I do not see the word "tab" in there. But maybe it is time to add this word
>> to this chapter. As in "Do NOT use tabs."
>
> If the word "tab" gets added it should be in the form "leading sets of
> 8 spaces on a line should be replaced by a single tab" or something, in
> fact I'm sure I remember reading that *was* the rule for documentation
> at one point, though it certainly doesn't say that in the FDP primer.
> Perhaps Nik can comment since he's ultimately in charge.
It's the way almost every editor in the world functions. Well, vim and
{x,}emacs do at least. :) Also, see style(9). Stating that we use a 2 space
indentation does not preclude using "optimal fill". We use a 4 space second
level indent in code, but we don't use spaces to indent that entire line of
code.
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