[Github-comments] Re: [geany/geany] Make default tab width standard 8 characters (Issue #3790)

2024-03-20 Thread drws via Github-comments
Whatever the reason behind, the basic standard is 8 characters. 4-character width seems like a pre-HD pre-widescreen hack to make better use of screen real estate. Which we have plenty of now, besides wider aspect ratio. A bit more horizontal separation actually looks good/can be useful on HiDPI

[Github-comments] Re: [geany/geany] Make default tab width standard 8 characters (Issue #3790)

2024-03-16 Thread elextr via Github-comments
I would also point out the rant at the end of the linked comment. New projects should not be using tabs, and spacing indent widths can usually be automatically detected. Olde projects that use tabs and are not gonna change will be used to it by now. Tabs being 8 is not "ASCII" compatible, its

[Github-comments] Re: [geany/geany] Make default tab width standard 8 characters (Issue #3790)

2024-03-16 Thread elextr via Github-comments
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