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Re: dpkg-scanlibs



On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 07:30:22AM -0600, Jon Nelson wrote:
> That is exactly my point -- every editor / personal setting will be different
> as to how many spaces a tab represents.  There are many programs floating 
> around (3 are shipped *with* Python) to convert tabs to N spaces (if your
> editor uses tabs).  In my editor of choise, FTE, I turn tabs off. When I smack
> tab, it inserts 2 spaces, or 4, or however many I want.

When I press TAB in vi, it inserts a TAB character.  Not 2 or 4 or 8 spaces.
If you are using an editor that inserts spaces when you press TAB, then IMHO
you are using a broken editor.

--Adam

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Adam McKenna  <adam@debian.org>  <adam@flounder.net>



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