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Tabs are objectively better than spaces - gomakethings.com (gomakethings.com)
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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s all well and good if everyone uses editors you can configure to a certain standard all the time. Then tabs all the way.

Unfortunately that’s not reality for everyone.

[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, what fucking editor are you using that doesn't allow you to configure tab length? Wordpad?

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m hopping between shells using whatever is installed.

[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Vim has it, even Nano has it. It's one setting away, set it once and forget it. If you use throwaway containers it would be hassle but I don't understand why you would need to view code inside the container in that case.