Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/09/06:27:51
Paul Derbyshire (ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA) wrote:
: I think make should probably be changed to be less limited. This tab
: matter seems awfully pedantic, *especially* given that a lot of editors on
: intel machines tend to insert 4 or 8 spaces rather than ascii 0x09 for the
: tab key, thereby making it impossible for many users to use make without
: either spending six years figuring out Emacs or buying a costly
: non-freeware editor.
You're exaggerating a bit... Emacs isn't that hard to learn. Also, RHIDE
can be configured to use proper tabs (although it will generate a full
makefile for you anyway). If your editor puts a string of spaces in when
you press tab, it is broken and needs fixing. And yes, I class MS-DOS
edit as broken.
I doubt you'll convince the FSF to change thier official distribution just
to suit a bunch of DOS users. If you want to edit your own copy, someone
posted ages ago with the change - IIRC it was only one line that needed
altering.
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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.
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