Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:46:11 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Jesper Holmberg" <jeho5791@student.uu.se>, "FreeBSD-newbies" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Enough is enough (About Unix) Message-ID: <001201c0a9b3$e7b96160$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010310120057.B8589@strindberg.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr>
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Because many configuration files, like sendmail.cf and bind zone files, depend on those tabs. If your editor replaces the tabs with spaces then those files will be screwed. The traditional UNIX editors all understand this but I am a little wary of screen editors like ee as it encourages people to arrow around and there doesen't seem to be any indication by the program where the tabs are. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jesper Holmberg >Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 3:01 AM >To: FreeBSD-newbies >Subject: Re: Enough is enough (About Unix) > > > > >* On Saturday, March 10, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> Whatever editor you do use, though, make absolutley sure that the >> editor doesen't replace tabs with spaces, > >Why is that important? > >Jesper > >-- > "But how can one be warm alone?" > >Jesper Holmberg jeho5791@student.uu.se > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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