Re: Using tabs instead of spaces

[lawilog]

To make --use-tabs work, you need to add these options, too:
--tab-size2
--indent-level2

In short: indent -ut -ts2 -i2


Joe R. Nassimian wrote:
> 
> Ok, just worked out part of the problem, which as it turns out is not a
> problem when I searched the mailing lists.
> 
> I found part of my answer here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2007-05/msg00015.html
> 
> 1) state the version of indent you are using.
> GNU indent 2.2.10
> 
> 2) State on which platform you are running.
> On Ubuntu 10.10, uname returns: 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat
> Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> 3) Exactly which command options you used.
> --use-tabs \
> --tab-size 4 \
> --indent-level 4 \
> --start-left-side-of-comments \
> --leave-preprocessor-space
> 
> I still get spaces in front of some if keywords instead of tabs.
> 
> Thanks again for your help,
> 
> Joe R. Nassimian
> 
> P.S. I use to think tabs are bad for indenting, but turns out I was wrong.
> Imagine you are working in a team with each developer having a
> different preference.
> I prefer tabs to be sized to 4 spaces, others in the team I work prefer 2
> or 8.
> Using tabs allows me to adjust the spacing size in my editor, without
> imposing it on others.
> On top of that, you use one character instead of 4 or 2 when you use tabs.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Joe R. Nassimian <
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to format a program's source code with GNU Indent, and I
>> would
>> like to have it indented using the GNU style, except for the spaces.
>>
>> I am using --use-tabs (which according to the documentation is on by
>> default) but indentation is still done using 2 spaces.
>>
>> How can I tell indent to use tabs instead of spaces for indentation?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>
>> Joe R. Nassimian
>>
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