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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:32:52 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Gisle Vanem <giva AT bryggen DOT bgnett DOT no>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: tabs and such
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Ray Schulz wrote:

> ... so, the moral of the story is this: if you can select between
> real tabs or spaces, use real tabs to be able to use the tab key in other
> programs, spaces if you want to hit spacebar alot. either way, it all
> stays lined up correctly. well, at least for me.

That you opinion. I think physical tabs are evil; they create too much
grief and confusion to make sense. Use GNU Indent (at-least for C-src)
and you can make the source exactly the way you prefer.

Gisle V.

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