Emacs auto-modes and tabs

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, at 4:33pm, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> Well, there are many, many diatribes against using tabs.

  Only because there are so many loosing programs which do things like
insert spaces instead of tabs, or use tab stops that aren't spaced at eight
column intervals.  Or apply proportional spacing to something designed to be
viewed in a fixed-width font.  Or otherwise screw with that which should not
be screwed with.

  As far as I'm concerned, I'm not responsible for your broken software.  
You can make the same argument as "One should not use any characters at all,
because 'rm -rf' removes them all."

> On the other hand, you can always use the tab key, then mark the entire
> region and run M-x tabify on it.

  That won't fix the non-standard tab stop problem, though.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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