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There absolutely is a consensus: a hard tab is defined as 8 spaces in numerous standards (obviously this only applies to monospace fonts). The fact that people
by o11c 1y ago
There absolutely is a consensus: a hard tab is defined as 8 spaces in numerous standards (obviously this only applies to monospace fonts).
The fact that people choose to reject this does not change the reality.
- maccard 1y agoReally? What standards are they?
- Joker_vD 1y agoLike what standards, exactly? POSIX in its tabs(1) [0] and expand(1) [1] clearly states that tab stops can be wherever, and "every 8 columns" is just a default. [0] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/tabs.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/t... [1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/expand.html https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/e...
- zamadatix 1y agoThat still wouldn't give consensus on how many spaces people using spaces should use, it would (originally) give consensus on how many spaces a tab was supposed to be.
- g-b-r 1y agoThe few applications that don't let you configure it are less relevant now, and the alternative to consider tabs of varying lentgh would be to introduce a new spacing character in their place; hardly feasible.
- eviks 1y agoReality is what people use. Consensus is what almost all people agree on. Standard is just some rule a few people thought would be good to follow.