Forum OpenACS Development: Response to Things to make OACS 4 development easier

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Posted by Roberto Mello on
Arjun said: 'i'm working on a brief "emacs for oacs" guide that has all the little
tricks i've picked up. stuff like "how do I get the tab key to insert x spaces                                                                                instead of a tab character"'

I'm curious as to why it's an advantage to insert spaces instead of tabs. With tabs I can change the number of spaces very easily, so if you've inserted a tab and I like 8 space tabs (I do) but you like 2-space tabs, then that's no problem.

But when you insert spaces, that's it. Emacs' default behavior is to insert spaces, something I've been looking for how to change. I know this is a matter of style, and style is a non-issue, but I'm curious as to what advantages you see for spaces versus tabs.