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Re: Newb question about code style
sashan wrote:
Ok thanks that makes a difference. I still don't understand the mixing
of tabs and spaces though. The gnu website seems to be down so I can't
read http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html.
a tab is a character which moves to the next multiple of 8. do not abuse
that by trying a different spacing. usually, tabs are used to get to the
rightmost multiple of 8, and then (pairs of) spaces to get further right.
Why the original *fixed* *width* ASCII character set has a character whose
width is not only different, but depends on where it is, is one of those
things. (Of course Knuth would question why have a character code for a
character with no glyph.)
nathan
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