[Lazarus] clarification / Re: constant-highlight ? [Re: quick opinion poll / pascal highlighting "case"]

[waldo kitty]

On 5/28/2010 09:17, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 28 May 2010 13:08, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>>
>>> Tabwidths is more like line endings and encodings. It should be per
>>> file.
>>
>> It should be per user, regardless of files. But that may result in conflicts
>> with SVN, even if only tabs are used to indicate indentation levels.
>
> And that is one of the things Elastic Tabstops will resolve (prevent).
> Yet each developer will have there preferred indentation amount.

i don't know if i can retrain my thumb to hit the TAB instead of the space bar 
as it has been trained to do these past 30+ years i've been coding :? :P

> And what you mentioned is a perfect example why fixed width tabs
> (static tabstops) fail miserably - because the amount of Tab
> characters used will vary based on user preference. It elastic
> tabstops they will not.
>