Re: Question on tab stops in vi

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From: Silver
Date: Sat, 18 May 1991 16:02

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I personally never put tabs in ANYTHING unless the tab character itself is
required (eg, most `make's require tabs, shudder).  They're more trouble than
they're worth.  Plus, this leaves you a big, fat key on the keyboard to which
esoteric indenting functions can be bound.

Regards, [Ag]

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