| ▲ | o11c a day ago | |
There absolutely is a consensus: a hard tab is defined as 8 spaces in numerous standards (obviously this only applies to monospace fonts). The fact that people choose to reject this does not change the reality. | ||
| ▲ | Joker_vD a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
Like what standards, exactly? POSIX in its tabs(1) [0] and expand(1) [1] clearly states that tab stops can be wherever, and "every 8 columns" is just a default. [0] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/t... [1] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/e... | ||
| ▲ | eviks 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Reality is what people use. Consensus is what almost all people agree on. Standard is just some rule a few people thought would be good to follow. | ||
| ▲ | zamadatix a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
That still wouldn't give consensus on how many spaces people using spaces should use, it would (originally) give consensus on how many spaces a tab was supposed to be. | ||
| ▲ | g-b-r a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The few applications that don't let you configure it are less relevant now, and the alternative to consider tabs of varying lentgh would be to introduce a new spacing character in their place; hardly feasible. | ||
| ▲ | maccard a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Really? What standards are they? | ||