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You are making an assumption that (1) people work on a small set of computers (2) that they can customize how they like and (3) they only ever work with files u
by theamk 4y ago
You are making an assumption that (1) people work on a small set of computers (2) that they can customize how they like and (3) they only ever work with files using their favorite editor.
There may be some people for whom this is always true, but it is not everyone. There are plenty of people who don't use heavyweight IDEs, or debug stuff on remote servers, etc... And often, those same people decide which build system to use.
- tbrownaw 4y ago> only ever No, usually. It's not like it's impossible to work with semantic tabs on an editor that doesn't distinguish, it's just slightly more of a pain to debug. And it's still much less of an issue than common fonts making 0 and O or l and I and 1 look alike.
- ycombobreaker 4y agovanilla vi handles this fine, no? search for tab and it highlights them all, creating a clear visual difference. I'm not sure about pico/nano, hopefully similar.
- Xelynega 4y agoVanilla vi has the ':set list' flag to make tabs and spaces visually distinct too.