More fodder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key#History
Looks like this is the core reason the tab was invented. “...there was a lot of time-consuming and repetitive use of the space bar and backspace key.” But I love the titles of the External links 2 and 3: 2. "Why I prefer no tabs in source code by Adam Spiers” 3. "Why I love having tabs in source code" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key#External_links > On May 12, 2015, at 2:13 PM, Chris London <[email protected]> wrote: > > One reason I like tabs over spaces is in most IDEs, developers can make the > tabs different lengths depending on personal preference :) _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
