RE: Tabs and coding style (was: AT2 rewrites)

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Oded Arbel wrote:

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andreas Fink [mailto:[email protected]]
>
> > >>  Why can't you people just get an editor that auto-indents
> > >>  with spaces? :]
> > >
> > >Isn't that the whole point ? I have an editor which indents with
> > >spaces (KDevelop). All the Kannel sources either do not have tab
> > >stops at all, or very little - so how about just forgetting about
> > >tab stops completly ?
> >
> >
> > Again, to edit, you would expect to type TAB, not ever editor allows
> > to simply put spaces up to the next 4. Also if you delete one space
> > its gets messy. So really it means typing spaces BY HAND which I
> > consider really bad practice.
>
> Not if your editor can auto-indent with spaces, as any modern editor these days does.
>
> > Those editors who are using spaces as replacements for tabs are from
> > the days where you had no GUI, no mouse and no WYSIWIG.
>
> Actually - it's a newer feature. tabs are phasing out as a way to
> indent text, as you now have strong editors that don't need tabs for
> that. most editors that are still missing this feature are adding it
> now (like Kdevelop, who only got the auto-indent with spaces properly
> in the last version).
>
Is the kannel coding style documented anywhere?

I spent a few minutes searching, and couldn't turn it up.

Regards

Kieran