Maintaining Maximum Line Length When Using Tabs Instead of Spaces?

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Le lundi 8 décembre 2014 05:55:54 UTC+1, Ben Finney a écrit :
> Aahan Krish <krish at aahan.me> writes:
> 
> > It's just that I don't like arbitrary rules. IMHO, spaces aren't
> > "better than" tabs, and people should refrain from saying that.
> 
> Simplicity has value.
> 
> The rule "use four spaces for indentation" is simple to stick to, and
> simple to obtain sane display results by default.
> 
> Using U+0009 characters for indentation is objectively more complex,
> because of the addition of all the special treatment of U+0009
> characters, and especially the admonitions needed to readers not to use
> the attractive editor features of customising U+0009 rendering.
> 
> So, you may decide the simplicity is less valuable than the ability to
> change the rendering of this special U+0009 character. But, if one
> values that simplicity, then U+0020 characters *are* better than U+0009
> characters for indentation.
> 
> So, no, I will not refrain from saying that.


You are commenting. I'm pretty sure you never wrote
an editor or an interactive interpreter.

jmf