Re: tabs v spaces in Emacs's source files

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > When we post patches, we generally create them
>> > using `diff -c -w' AFAIK, which would seem to suggest an 
>> > agnostic (or at least a loose) approach to indenting whitespace.
>> 
>> Actually, you should drop the -w when you generate patches, because it
>> causes trouble for Patch (unless the -l switch to Patch is used, which
>> is easily forgotten).

> Really? I seem to recall someone mentioning here that -c -w was what was
> preferred.

I generally prefer "-u -w" when it's a patch for review.
And "-u" when it's a request to apply the patch.


        Stefan