Re: AW: [HACKERS] LONG varsize - how to go on (pgindent)

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>
> > > Bruce doesn't want to do that, and I doubt anyone will
> > force the issue
> > > over his veto. But it would be nice to be able to do a
> > pgindent run;
> > > there's a lot of new code in this release.
> >
> > I hope I didn't "veto" it. I just wanted to mention my reasons, and
> > look for other people to vote too. I have Vince, Peter, and Tom who
> > want 8-space tabs and 4-space indents. Because the old standard was
> > voted on by many more people, I need to hear additional votes
> > to change
> > our standard.
>
> I think the idea at that time was also, that with a tab only setup people
> can
> look at the code with 2 space, 3 space and 4 space indents, whatever suits
> them best.
>
> I like the current setup. Our company uses the same.
>
> Most Programmers editors (and vi) can handle the 4 space tabs perfectly.
> The pager less handles them also.

Wow, that's something I never thought of. By using only tabs, they can
be configured as any size in the editor. Good point.

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