▲ 342 ▼ What are your programming hot takes? (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by 257m@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev 894 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) a tab’s length changes based on its position in a line What does this even mean? A tab is a tab. Tab's don't have multiple lengths inside a file, they all have the same length. That's the point of tabs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) The horizontal tabulation character moves the cursor to the next column which is a multiple of the tabulation length. See the examples here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key At least for me, it renders like this: Clearly the whitespace produced by each tab character has a different length. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago The horizontal tabulation character moves the cursor to the next column which is a multiple of the tabulation length. See the examples here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key Yes Clearly the whitespace produced by each tab character has a different length. No, each tab has the same size, the text rendered over the top of the tabs are not the same size. Always remember the golden rule: Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) The horizontal tabulation character moves the cursor to the next column which is a multiple of the tabulation length. See the examples here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key At least for me, it renders like this: Clearly the whitespace produced by each tab character has a different length. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago The horizontal tabulation character moves the cursor to the next column which is a multiple of the tabulation length. See the examples here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key Yes Clearly the whitespace produced by each tab character has a different length. No, each tab has the same size, the text rendered over the top of the tabs are not the same size. Always remember the golden rule: Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago The horizontal tabulation character moves the cursor to the next column which is a multiple of the tabulation length. See the examples here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_key Yes Clearly the whitespace produced by each tab character has a different length. No, each tab has the same size, the text rendered over the top of the tabs are not the same size. Always remember the golden rule: Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. permalink fedilink source parent