From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: On Tabs and Spaces Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:44:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <634393B0-734A-4884-93E3-42F7D3CB157F@mit.edu> <471476B7.5050105@users.sourceforge.net> <8c5c35580710160204s5a4f9fb3j68c0a86c4d080cb7@mail.gmail.com> <47148F72.1090602@users.sourceforge.net> <1192548367.3821.4.camel@lt21223.campus.dmacc.edu> <3awb7zw6.fsf@blue.sea.net> <1192565900.6430.16.camel@athena> <20071017015109.303760cc@localhost.localdomain> <3A9408D5-2667-43A6-A0CE-C0720B3A3987@vicaya.com> <1192645509.6640.21.camel@athena> <1192649598.6640.44.camel@athena> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Tom Tobin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Oct 17 21:45:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IiEpQ-0000g7-Hj for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:45:17 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757300AbXJQTot (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:44:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758837AbXJQTot (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:44:49 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:43981 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756519AbXJQTos (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:44:48 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [207.189.120.55]) by smtp2.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l9HJiHOl020200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:44:18 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l9HJiGxR005025; Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:44:17 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1192649598.6640.44.camel@athena> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.717 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Tom Tobin wrote: > > > > Well, let's put it this way: that "sample" is the one that started the > > project. > > And therefore your choices become magically reasonable? They sure as hell automatically become a lot more relevant than YOUR choices, don't they? > Every single damn editor out there can handle spaces. Yes, and they'll start mixing spaces and tabs when they auto-indent. Linus