> I'm considering an alternative to the current tab behaviour in text frames.
...
I just found this one, I think it is what you want to implement. It
looks very useful to me:
http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/
regards to the list (my first post after months quietly listening...),
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> I'd like to hear what others think regarding this behaviour before
> actually implementing
> it.
I think you ought to just go for it. I know that the present
implementation of tabs is inadequate, but enough of a convention for
everyone to have adjusted to it. A new implementation will either b
On 8/26/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > i agree tab handling is imperfect and often frustrating
>> (especially when working with people who code in
>> variable-width fonts, which, personally, still seems a bit
>> odd to me) [...]
>
> why?
no good reason. intellectually, i entirel
When I first read rob calling coding in variable-width fonts
'liberating' I was skeptical, but with time (and acme) I have come to
understand his point of view; when you are forced to stop worrying
about character width, writing code becomes much more like writing
prose and you actually have one l
> i agree tab handling is imperfect and often frustrating (especially
> when working with people who code in variable-width fonts, which,
> personally, still seems a bit odd to me) [...]
why? no one reads books in fixed-pitch type.
just because teletypes did it, isn't a compelling
reason to conti
On 8/26/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> p.s. tabs are 8 spaces. ;-)
tabs are tabs. spaces are spaces.
seriously: i'm less concerned about what actual visual representation
is used (i like 4-space equivalent, 8 wouldn't make me upset, and
leaving it user-specified is lovely), but
> Hi,
>
> I'm considering an alternative to the current tab behaviour in text frames.
> I'm tired of adding/removing tabs to keep adt declarations aligned, and I
> think
> the machine should do it, not me. Thus, for a experimental implementation
> for text frames I'm playing with now, I plan
> to
Hi,
I'm considering an alternative to the current tab behaviour in text frames.
I'm tired of adding/removing tabs to keep adt declarations aligned, and I think
the machine should do it, not me. Thus, for a experimental implementation
for text frames I'm playing with now, I plan
to implement tab ha
