<div dir="ltr">I want to add one more perspective to this discussion. In terms of formatting, mixing tabs and spaces looks fine, but when I change indentation levels, my editor (vim) doesn't like mixed tabs and spaces. For example, I want to change the indentation level from 4 (two tabs) to 3 (one tab + 4 spaces), vim doesn't like it and hitting backspace deletes only one space. I found some settings to deal with it automagically, but entering after an opening brace does not indent properly yet and I have to manually deindent one level. I couldn't find any good trick to solve this issue if any exists.<div><br></div><div>I think, if we want to mix tabs and spaces, we need good support from our editors, otherwise, it can be very annoying to mix tabs and spaces manually.</div><div><br></div><div>Huidae</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Glynn Clements <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com" target="_blank">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
Vaclav Petras wrote:<br>
<br>
> > The "rules" are that indentation in multiples of 4 columns, and we<br>
> > don't care whether that indentation is acheived through spaces or<br>
> > tabs.<br>
><br>
> So, since we are providing a script and standard for indentation, let's use<br>
> only spaces* in this script (rather then enforcing mixing of tabs and<br>
> spaces when there is no reason for it).<br>
<br>
</span>Some might consider the reduction in file size to be a reason for<br>
using tabs. I have no opinion either way.<br>
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Glynn Clements <<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>><br>
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