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So you are saying that using a tabstop of eight to align this: -------->coolFun(arg1, -------->------->arg2) Would still look nicely aligned with a tabsto
by Beltalowda 4y ago
So you are saying that using a tabstop of eight to align this:
-------->coolFun(arg1,
-------->------->arg2)
Would still look nicely aligned with a tabstop of 4? and 2? Clearly that will not look right.
- sublinear 4y agoYou're misquoting yourself.
- Beltalowda 4y agoI don't know what your point is then, but this is turning in to a very trite conversation.
- adolph 4y agoTo understand tabstops properly, you need to throw away the "They always expand to N spaces." idea. If you have access to a mechanical typewriter with tabstops, then go and look at how it works (with tabs being set by protruding pins on the carriage). Tabstops in terminals in the Unix and Linux worlds work this way. https://superuser.com/questions/710019/why-there-are-11-tabstops-on-a-80-column-console https://superuser.com/questions/710019/why-there-are-11-tabs...
- Beltalowda 4y agoIf you use it as indention then "tab expands to n spaces" is actually accurate though.