Re: tab characters in the source code

[Patrick McCarty]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Mark Polesky <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I was fiddling around with output-ps.scm (specifically
> the grob-cause procedure on line 159) and was getting
> frustrated with the poor indentation displaying in my
> editor when I realized that this was being caused by
> tab characters in the source.
>
> Is there an easy way to address this? I don't know how
> many tab characters there are in the source, nor do I
> know how to find out. But it can be frustrating. Any
> solutions?

I don't know what editor you're using, but with Vim you can search for
`\t' to find them.

I've struggled with this in the past until I realized that a normal
tab is equivalent to *eight* spaces.  So if you can adjust your editor
to reflect that, the indentation will make more sense.

HTH,
Patrick