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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:09:12 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        deeptech71@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: My whitespace style (was: Why?? (prog question))
Message-ID:  <20090413140912.GC29833@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <49E2FBE2.8020305@gmail.com>
References:  <49E2FBE2.8020305@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:46:26AM +0200, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote:
> Tabs are better, because they allow the programmer to specify the
> desired width, and is dynamically changable at any time.

Spaces are better because they let the author specify the formatting and
not left to some other re-interpretation.

Can put the following as the first line and vim will adjust its settings
accordingly:

//  vim: smartindent cindent tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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