[fpc-pascal] FreePascal Coding style

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 21/01/2008, Vinzent Hoefler <JeLlyFish.software at gmx.net> wrote:
> The only difference seems to me, that without tabs the source code still
> looks the same, no matter if I look at it in "vi", "gedit", "kate",
> or "notepad". Once you start using tabs this isn't guaranteed
> anymore...

I hope this will be my last reply.  Please take a look at the flash
video on the ET website. There he uses two editors (gvim and gedit).
And for the last time, tabs are NOT insert tabs into the source code -
when you press the TAB key the editor creates a TabStop.  TabStops are
like what you get in OpenOffice or MS Office for aligning text.  As
the flash example on the ET website shows - once you save, it replaces
the tabstops with spaces so that if you had to open it with another
non-ET enabled editor, alignment would still be correct.

I've had better conversations with a rock. ;-) Either way, every
developer for himself. Use the tools you prefer, it's your right!

Regards,
  - Graeme -


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