Kadaitcha Man ha scritto: > > Tab columns can be any width. A tab column can be 2 or 20 characters. > Seeing as a terminal is nominally 80 characters wide, each tab column > is 8 spaces apart, giving 10 tab columns. > > That each tab column is 8 spaces apart in a terminal does not imply > that "A tab width is normally eight spaces." It just so happens that > that is default for a terminal, chosen by the developers, a default > that can be changed using setterm -tabs > > By your own logic, if a document is 120 characters wide and has two > tab columns then you'd have to claim a tab was 60 characters wide. > > There is no correspondence between a tab and the number of spaces it > naturally consumes. The number of spaces a tab should rightly consume > is entirely dependent on the visual characteristics. That is why > Gambas has a default of less than 8 spaces for a tab, otherwise the > code would look ridiculous. > So the linux kernel sources should look ridicolous... Anyway, as normal, I think we understood each other. Probably we are saying the same thing. > >> BTW2: where do you live, if you care? Just my curiosity... >> > > I'm an Aussie living in Indonesia. > I really don't know why, I would have bet you lived in Australia, or something like that. So, when I wake up, you are going to sleep - and vice-versa. This could explain our opposed minds... :-)
>> it helps me to imagine a real person behind these emails. >> > > I'm not real. > Uhm... artificial intelligence I suppose... keep on the good work, there is still space for some improvement... :-) Regards, and good night (just now, here, a beautiful sun and -7° degrees...) Doriano. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user