Re: tab stop in README

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt(at)mwd(dot)biglobe(dot)ne(dot)jp>
Cc: peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: tab stop in README
Date: 2011-08-30 02:27:13
Message-ID: CA+Tgmobk41HbkbQx62bm9c8nmjWVCHCJ6HuxG=uu6Cj82iO1FA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 8:44 PM, YAMAMOTO Takashi
<yamt(at)mwd(dot)biglobe(dot)ne(dot)jp> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:28 PM, YAMAMOTO Takashi
>> <yamt(at)mwd(dot)biglobe(dot)ne(dot)jp> wrote:
>>>> On men, 2011-08-22 at 04:09 +0000, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>>>>> i know that postgresql uses ts=4 for C source code.
>>>>> but how about documatation?
>>>>
>>>> I'd say ideally don't use any tabs at all.
>>>
>>> i agree.
>>>
>>>> It appears to be geared for ts=4.  Could you send a patch or other
>>>> indication for what you think needs changing?
>>>
>>> attached.
>>
>> I'm confused by this patch, because it doesn't seem to get rid of all
>> the tabs in the file.  Nor does it seem to replace tabs with spaces.
>> It looks like it's just randomly removing and adding tabs in various
>> places.
>
> the patch just fixes indent for ts=4, keep using tabs.

I've applied what I believe to be an appropriate fix. I expanded the
tabs in the ASCII art but left the code examples alone.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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