Re: AW: [HACKERS] LONG varsize - how to go on (pgindent)

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> 
> > > Bruce doesn't want to do that, and I doubt anyone will 
> > force the issue
> > > over his veto.  But it would be nice to be able to do a 
> > pgindent run;
> > > there's a lot of new code in this release.
> > 
> > I hope I didn't "veto" it.  I just wanted to mention my reasons, and
> > look for other people to vote too.  I have Vince, Peter, and Tom who
> > want 8-space tabs and 4-space indents.  Because the old standard was
> > voted on by many more people, I need to hear additional votes 
> > to change
> > our standard.
> 
> I think the idea at that time was also, that with a tab only setup people
> can 
> look at the code with 2 space, 3 space and 4 space indents, whatever suits 
> them best.
> 
> I like the current setup. Our company uses the same.
> 
> Most Programmers editors (and vi) can handle the 4 space tabs perfectly.
> The pager less handles them also.

Wow, that's something I never thought of.  By using only tabs, they can
be configured as any size in the editor.  Good point.

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