linux-kernel - Re: emacs and "linux" coding style

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Message-ID: <m3k4otvgrq.fsf@intrepid.localdomain>
Date:	Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:18:49 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Nicolaescu <dann@....org>
Subject: Re: emacs and "linux" coding style

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> writes:

> fwiw, it seems that you agree with Ted.

That's correct :-)

>> The tabs should be used for (syntactic) indentation only.
>> This way we can display the code correctly with any tab length.
>
> but we know what the tab length is.  ;)

We have to, at least for now. Existing tools force it upon us.
But it would be nice if we could use any tab length.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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