Re: Indention - why spaces?

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Herman Oosthuysen wrote:

> This problem is as old as the typewriter itself.  The trouble is that a 
> Tab character doesn't have a fixed size - some set it to 3 characters 
> wide, some to 4 some to 8, or whatever.
> 
> The 'indent' program was written a couple of decades ago, to pretty 
> print C code.  It has a 'GNU' standard, but I'm not aware of a 'Linux' 
> standard.  Anyhoo, the only way to prevent indentation wars is to use 
> spaces, not tabs and to set 'diff' to ignore white space when comparing 
> files...

indent itself dosen't have a 'Linux standard' BUT .../linux/scripts/Lindent
is there to get things right (in terms of CodingStyle)

I don't know if is usinging it or even if it is still current but it's a
starting point.

Yours Tony

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