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wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year agoTo each their own indeed. But my rule of thumb is: only use tabs when there’s no other character before it (aka, start of line).
Comment on Tabs are objectively better than spaces - gomakethings.com
wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year agoTo each their own indeed. But my rule of thumb is: only use tabs when there’s no other character before it (aka, start of line).
natecox@programming.dev 1 year ago
The emacs wiki agrees and has the correct take on this: www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SmartTabs
It seems like this basic guideline, tabs to indent and spaces to align, solves the problem for everyone. It doesn’t matter what your tab width is, it’ll look “right” regardless.