On 2007-01-02, Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/1/07, Tom Plunket <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Maybe I'm also weird, but I use a variable-pitch font when >> programming in Python. So a "tab equals some number of >> spaces" really isn't useful to me. My setup is, "tab equals >> this much space". > > A year ago I would have thought you were weird, but after > reading a post by Ed Leafe, one of the creators of Dabo about > using proportional fonts for readability, I thought I'd try it > out, thinking that it was pretty wacky. Turns out that after a > very brief adjustment period, I liked it! I've been using > proportional fonts ever since, and have found only one > drawback: code that is indented with spaces looks butt-ugly. > I'm glad I switched to tabs for my code.
I first came accross it in Stroustrup's _The C++ Programming Language_. I liked the look and the idea immediately, but my editor of choice (by historical accident) Vim, doesn't yet support it. -- Neil Cerutti I've had a wonderful evening, but this wasn't it. --Groucho Marx -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
