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in thread No Hard Tabs in Code

Given: 

    a   line1
    a       line2

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...and the desired result: 

    a   line1
    a   line2

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...where only spaces intervene; I do not know of any way to align with a single keystroke. If hard tabs are used, a single backspace aligns.

That was my argument. I hope I've made it clear that I no longer find it compelling.

- the lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne -

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Re^5: No Hard Tabs in Code
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 05, 2010 at 20:10 UTC

    Wait, you're saying you're using tabs mid line? ow! Your code will look like garbage if the viewer uses different tab stops. I don't mind doing some extra work to avoid that.

    It's also a big time waster and distraction to have to pause after each press of Del or cursor to see how far the cursor has moved. I can delete 10 spaces faster than I can delete 10 columns that may contain tabs.

    Personally, I often come from the left and use Ctrl-Del (delete to character or EOL) since it's usually more natural to come from the left in the situations in which such an operation is done.

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      I'm saying that was my former practice. I've reformed; I hope I've made that clear.

      - the lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne -
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