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Tabs let you define how big you want each indent to be

…except when they don’t. Many common environments have a hardcoded tab size of 8, which is insanely big for using it for indentation.

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wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Because other people might have restricted environment which might not suit their preference is not a good reason to level it down IMO.

Also, I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space so everyone can enjoy this wonderful view I have ?

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- agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Ah, the best kind of indent. A tab and a space.
  
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  - wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Or just set tabsize to 9, that’s the point :)
    
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    agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Where’s the fun in that?
    
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- xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’s not just “might”. Termux is pretty much the only good choice for programming on Android.
  
  I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space
  
  I think you should switch to an exorcist.
  
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  - wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    What’s your point ? You can use vim on termux and set the tabsize to whatever you want for example.
    
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    MajorHavoc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Also :exorcise is only a quick pluginstall away, anyway. /s
    
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    xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes, but if you use something like cat, head, less, etc. to view the code, or the Python REPL, you’re still going to see the defnult tab size.
    
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- icesentry@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Why would you ever need 9 other than trolling people on the internet?
  
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  - wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Straight on point!
    
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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This is the biggest problem with tabs. Too many tools don’t let you adjust the size (or make it very difficult). This is the only reason I usually prefer spaces (only very slightly).

My dream solution is elastic tabstops and I’ve posted about it here before a few months ago. The problem with wanting elastic tabstops is that it seriously compounds the issue of “editors don’t properly support it”

nickgravgaard.com/elastic-tabstops/

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