On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:50 AM, steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Cosmin Apreutesei > <cosmin.apreutesei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Dunno about vim, but if what you refer to is something like "indent >> the line with tabs, but inside the line with spaces", > > Not quite - it's this strange practice of using four spaces to do one > indent, and then a tab for the second indent, four spaces plus tab for > the third, and so on. > > An odd compromise between two pointless religions. > > steve d. > This is why I have :set expandtab in my vimrc. :P Three spaces is unusual but I see no reason why it should be proscribed against. (I actually use a single space in a couple of projects, although those projects are being developed on a system with a fairly narrow screen and a painfully wide font that I can't change.) /s/ Adam