Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:52:02 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> Cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tabs and spaces in www and doc Message-ID: <20050308085202.GC994@eddie.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <1110271173.3928.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <200503080336.j283aPuE084945@freefall.freebsd.org> <1110268418.3928.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050308083345.GB994@eddie.nitro.dk> <1110271173.3928.9.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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--7gGkHNMELEOhSGF6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.03.08 09:39:33 +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 09:33 +0100, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > On 2005.03.08 08:53:38 +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > > > Again, another thing I'm sure there's a good reason for, but why do w= ww > > > (and doc, I suppose) use two spaces up until you get to 8, and then u= se > > > a tab? Why not use tabs and set the width to two spaces? Spaces make = it > > > a real hassle to (re)format ;). > >=20 > > The convention is documented in the FDP Primer, but some doc/ and most > > www/ have a rather inconsistent style... (read: is a big mess :-) ). >=20 > Aha. Indeed :-) - the documentation project does document some of these things :-). > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing- > style.html#AEN3202 >=20 > Perhaps I'll write some clean-up scripts (MUCH later ;)) Note that the current defacto policy with regards to whitespace and similar sweeping changes is that there should be a reason to do it (ie. it's getting in the way of real work), since there are downsides to doing a style sweep. I think the last thread about this which contained more details was on doc or cvs-doc last autumn. Just so you don't waste time on something that's not going to be committed. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --7gGkHNMELEOhSGF6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCLWeyh9pcDSc1mlERAizIAKC62MD7rmNKEmK7YexNYPwcmo7m2ACfcqaW 5zlLmNstxTZidYlBe6+KC9w= =WJER -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7gGkHNMELEOhSGF6--
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