You *can* put it in .bashrc.  As to whether it's advisable depends on
your religious convictions :)

Many programs rely on 8-space tabstops to format their output and will
break with 4-space tabstops. If your program relies on 4-space, but is
run on a system configured for 8, it will look broken. If you're OK with
this, then go for it, put that command in your .bashrc and revel in your
4-space glory!

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:21:37PM -0700, Jeremy Leonard wrote:
> Thanks for the help. Now does the 'setterm -regtabs 4' get put
> into .bashrc?
> 
> > Python does allow tabs, you just need to be consistent about what your
> > tab level is made up of (i.e. if you use a tab to enter a tab level, the
> > next line can't use spaces). I find the whitespace dependency is fine as
> > long as you don't switch editors, and don't let anyone else touch your
> > code :) (different editors have different ideas about how to help you
> > indent).
> >
> > As for bash using a 4-space tabstop, 'setterm -regtabs 4' should do it.
> >
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