| This is so very wrong.... > tabs are bad, because if you let people choose their own tab widths then it becomes impossible to align anything anymore. In what world is that true. If you indent your code with tabs, and I indent your code with tabs and I show my tabs as 4 chars wide and you show yours and 8 EVERYTHING IS STILL ALIGNED. It's just greater or lesser levels of indentation. You only have problems when you MIX tabs and spaces. Be consistent in your use and you won't have problems. > It makes it impossible to align anything which is != a tab width. Yes. So? Don't mix tabs and spaces. > Tabs aren't "designed" for indenting text: they're a hangover from typewriters, where they were literally metal tabs used for creating tables. What is a table? It's a tool FOR ALIGNING MULTIPLE COLUMNS OF TEXT... so yes, they ARE designed for indenting text. For a more fully thought out argument on why it's a dick move to use spaces as pretend tabs: http://weblog.masukomi.org/2010/07/26/why-you-should-never-i... |