Re: Coding conventions

Len Trigg writes:
 > Paul Landes wrote:
 > > I was convinced that it was actually written in some GNU Emacs Lisp
 > > style guide that Emacs Lisp files use tabs with a tab set at 8, but I
 > > actually wasn't able to produce it.
 > > 
 > > Does anyone know where this is defined, if it is defined?
 > 
 > FWIW, my grepping indicates that the current jde elisp uses tabs for
 > indentation about 25% of the time, and space-based indentation the
 > remaining 75%. Doing the same greps in the top level lisp directory of
 > the emacs distribution reveals an eerily similar proportion :-)

I do appreciate this, Len.  I really don't care much either way and I
think it's a religious battle much like k&r that doesn't get us
anywhere.  Someone has to just say it's one or the other as there are
many on both sides.  I'm slightly more on the tab side just because
that's the default configuration for editing emacs files and using it
seems to be more in vain of "go with the flow".

Unless people object, let's just use tabs.  I know using tabs can be a
pain, I like everyone has had their fill, but the tab size is really
the sticker in my mind and that will be the same on everyone's Emacs
unless they have changed that as well.

 > > You're correct `indent-tabs-mode' does the job.  If you want to keep
 > > spaces for everything else but elisp files, add this to ~/.emacs:
 > > 
 > > (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook
 > > 	  '(lambda () (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)))
 > 
 > Minor note, that is reversed -- it will set it so elisp *does* use
 > spaces rather than tab chars.

Thanks for catching that.  I agree.


-- 
Paul Landes
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