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Article #58Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder)
From: Tim O'Neil
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:07
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:07
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Tim Tyler <tim@tt1.org> writes: >In comp.lang.java.advocacy Chad Myers <cmyers@n0.s.p4.m.austin.rr.com> wrote: >: "Ryan Breidenbach" <ryan_breidenbach@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >:> > : Yes, but almost all editors will allow you to place spaces instead of >:> > : tabs, still saving keystokes. >:> > >:> > It's not the same when outdenting. >:> >:> Agreed. [...] Even so, this doesn't seem to >:> outweigh how much tabs can jack up how code looks. > >[...] > >:> This is why I can't stand tabs. > >: LOL, one tiny example. > >: For everything else, Tabs win. > >: So, use spaces for outdenting and tabs for everything else. > >: Using spaces for everything just because outdenting looks >: better with spaces doesn't make much sense. This is just another shining example of why emacs is the worlds greatest editor/ide: it replaces tabs with spaces. With one key stroke I get a tab consisting of any number of spaces I choose in its initialization file. And the width changes automatically depending on the type of file I'm editing.
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