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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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