[Geany] tab indents, space aligns

[spir]

Le Thu, 14 May 2009 02:00:40 +0200,
Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz at student.HTW-Berlin.de> s'exprima ainsi:

> Any tab+space will be broken if the user choses another tab width that 
> the author did.

You're wrong here.
TAB indents will be correct whatever the *reader's* indent-width setting.
Then spaces align for visual clarity. E.g. below:

class Dummy(SuperDummy):
	''' SuperDummy specialized for
	    cases of blah blih bluh.
	'''
	def __init__(self,
	             foo,	# required at creation time
	             bar=None):
		<do init>

Written in Geany with tab=4sp, pasted into email client where tab=8sp, then whatever happens on your side.
I don't use this tab+space scheme everyday myself; but have to admit it makes sense, works fine and is consistent.

[I recognize too that the proponents of tab for indent who say that "1 tab = 1 indent" is a nice & simple mapping are true, while I rather use spaces to comply with coding guidelines.]

Denis
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