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Subject: Re: What tab spacing is everyone using for changes
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 08:00:01 +1000
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For Vi, I think it's set indent=c :] Help in vi will tell you.

I run GNU indent on the files before updating or creating patches - GNU
indent sets spaces to tabs at 8 chars, realigns paragraphs etc.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Keener" <bkeener AT thesoftwaresource DOT com>
To: "DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: What tab spacing is everyone using for changes


> DJ Delorie wrote:
> >Tabs are as wide as eight spaces.  You should use the GNU coding
>
> Thanks again DJ.
>
> > If you use emacs, just
> > select the GNU c-style.
>
> Emacs is the editor right :-) (really showing my experience level now
> huh) and as you can tell I don't.  I just use vi but maybe I should
use
> emacs.
>
> bk
>
>
>
>

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