Olin Lathrop wrote:

> In reality tabbed code also usually includes considerable numbers of spaces.
> Either way looks fine to the original author with his particular setup, but
> try any different tab stop setup and it's a mess.

Exactly. What you do in private is your own business, but when you post
code, make it readable. It's not like you are posting 1000 lines.

And I suggest again, email the code to yourself and see if it looks OK.
That doesn't mean it'll look OK on every reader or after going through
every gateway, but if it gets mangled you will have a chance to make it
right before sending it to the list.

I use UltraEdit. It will convert from tabs to spaces and back. I imagine
every good editor has features like that. So even if you prefer tabs,
the chunk you send to the list should be converted to spaces first.

Personally I use 2 spaces for a tab but I know most people prefer 4
spaces. If I am programming in Python I use 4 spaces but that's because
it's Python.

Cheerful regards,

Bob
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