<div dir="ltr">Seems this eternal debate always revolves around the user's choice of text file viewers (note: plural).<div><br></div><div>Maybe a better way to resolve this annoying and persistent question is to ask: "what is the correct binary format for a text file?".</div><div><br></div><div>If there's a clear answer to that, then we could say that any viewer that doesn't deal with that format "prettily" is flouting the spec.</div><div><br></div><div>2c.</div><div><br></div><div>/s<br><br>On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:14:30 PM UTC-6, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,
<br>
<br>It's been almost a full day since the last controversial issue was
<br>discussed here and I feel it's time for a new one (well, it's actually
<br>old).
<br>
<br>The default indentation used by the erlang-mode uses a mix of tabs and
<br>spaces. Whatever side one is in the "tabs vs spaces" war, mixing them
<br>is the common enemy!
<br>
<br>Not everybody uses emacs, nor should they be forced to. This means
<br>that creating a patch might take less time than adjusting the
<br>whitespace afterwards, which feels a horrible waste of time and
<br>energy.
<br>
<br>Of course, we the non-emacs-using hackers of the OTP code might be in
<br>a crushing minority, and then the issue will get closed quickly. I
<br>feel however that I need to try to change this. I have abstained
<br>before from submitting small fixes just because of this (instead I
<br>sold the idea to someone else, but that doesn't always work).
<br>
<br>So my question is: are enough people bothered by this issue? If yes,
<br>can we try to agree on a solution? Such changes are best done in
<br>connection with a release.
<br>
<br>best regards,
<br>Vlad
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