From: Sascha Ebach <se@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T10:49:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Any guides for good coding in Ruby? [OT] tabs vs. spaces

Nikolai Weibull wrote:
> * Sascha Ebach (Mar 23, 2005 01:30):
> 
>>Nice to have so many experts here :) I have actually been fighting 
>>around with this issue. I have found that using tabs always gives me 
>>headaches somewhere. For example when I paste code examples into emails.
> 
> 
>>What do I have to set in vim if I always want two spaces (also when I 
>>press the tab key)? No exceptions. I essentially want this:
>>
>>class PageController
>>  def edit
>>    case  @request.method
>>      when  :get
>>        @page  =  Page.find(@params['id'])
>>      when  :post
>>    ...
>>  end
>>end
> 
> 
> What?  You want tab to equal two spaces, regardless of column?  Then,
> 
>   :imap <Tab> <Space><Space>
> 
> is what you want, but, again, are you sure that's what you want?,

Yes, I think so. I cannot remember that I really need a tab in any 
programming language I have used. If I need a tab in my strings I can 
simply do a "\t". Do you know of any circumstance you actually _need_ a tab?

Sascha