"dsimcha" <dsim...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:j295at$1rki$1...@digitalmars.com... > What's wrong with configuring your editor to convert tabs to spaces?
Because this is a per-project matter, not a universal one. On all of my projects, I *want* tabs for indentation (why? because I said so ;) ) and so that's how I have my editor set up. But DMD/phobos/etc use spaces. I'm not going to switch my normal style just because one project I contribute to does it differently, and neither are other people. > I know CodeBlocks, Vim and Notepad++ do this for you if you configure them > right (though I don't remember exactly how to configure Vim to do this). > Any other editor worth its salt should, too. I use this for all my code, > not just Phobos. I prefer to type a tab because it's much easier to type > than some specific number of spaces, but I prefer to have spaces in my > code because they take up a consistent amount of columns on all viewers, > whereas different tab stops can really make your code look messy. > I really don't want this to turn into another tabs vs spaces debate. Bottom line is, some people prefer tabs, some prefer spaces, and that's just how it is. But *both* camps contribute to DMD/phobos/etc which currently leads to some oversights in consistency because there's no project-wide automatic checking.