No tabs in post PLEASE!!! (was Re: partial list sort)

[Mark McEahern]

[Daniel T.]
> That is not true. Those who are asking for help or advice may very well
> be wanting maximum coverage. Those who are despensing the advice may not
> really care.
>
> Again, if this was the case of someone wanting to know why their post
> was ignored, and others were saying "I ignored it because the tabs
> messed things up." I would have no problem. But when it's the case of a
> few people telling everyone else, "I can't read your messages because
> you put tabs in them, please don't do that so I can read your messages."
> Then I have to say Boo hoo, either get a program that can handle tabs,
> or don't bother reading those messages.
>
> It's not like tabs were some new fangled thing that no one ever heard of
> before. They've been around since the rest of the ASCII character set
> has.

But in actual fact, the guy who's asking folks to avoid tabs is Alex
Martelli; it would be an understatement to say that he dispenses advice.

Oh well, I don't think I'm going to change anyone's mind.

Cheers,

// mark

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