> Many editors, however, consider all spacing at the start of the line to be indentation. What? If your editor can't tell the difference between you hitting th

> Many editors, however, consider all spacing at the start of the line to be indentation. What? If your editor can't tell the difference between you hitting the tab key versus the spacebar, it's a bug in your editor. Smart tabs - the idea you're talking about - is well-supported in just about every major editor.