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Tabs are objectively better than spaces - gomakethings.com
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…except when they don't. Many common environments have a hardcoded tab size of 8, which is insanely big for using it for indentation.
Because other people might have restricted environment which might not suit their preference is not a good reason to level it down IMO.
Also, I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space so everyone can enjoy this wonderful view I have ?
Ah, the best kind of indent. A tab and a space.
Or just set tabsize to 9, that's the point :)
Where's the fun in that?
Try it and you'll see
It's not just “might”. Termux is pretty much the only good choice for programming on Android.
I think you should switch to an exorcist.
What's your point ? You can use vim on termux and set the tabsize to whatever you want for example.
Also
:exorciseis only a quickpluginstallaway, anyway. /sYes, but if you use something like
cat,head,less, etc. to view code, or the Python REPL, you're still going to see the default tab size.You can set the tabstop with
less -x*n*. But ok I see what you mean. I still stand by my point though. If termux doesn't support setting tabstops and it's an issue, then it's a bug in termux, not a reason to level down your formatting standard.Why would you ever need 9 other than trolling people on the internet?
Straight on point!