[Tutor] usage difference between tabs and spaces

[William Ray Wing]

On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Mirage Web Studio <admin at c12.in> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am not an advanced programmer, but am very good with keyboard and find
> using tabs for syntax and formatting very helpful. But in this list and
> other python documentation i have repeatedly seen people recommending
> use of spaces.
> 
> I know that i can use any of them and use tabs as my preference.  But i
> would like to understand why hitting the poor keyboard 4/8/12 times is
> preferred than just hitting it 1/2/3 times.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> George

Most of us use editors that expand tabs to a programmable number of spaces.

-Bill