Re: [Nano-devel] Nano-devel Digest, Vol 148, Issue 14

[David Niklas]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 19:09:24 <address@hidden> wrote:
> >...  
> >> just last
> >> night I was thinking that tabsize should be a per-file variable.  
> >
> > Hm?  Why would you want that?
> >...
> > Benno  
> 
> Right now tabsize is global (from the .nanorc) or overridable by
> session (command line arg) but for me tabsize (and TABTOSPACES and
> indent size) has been more file type and/or project related. CSS files
> are sometimes two column indents with js files 4 column in the same
> project. Some filetypes are tab-to-spaces while others are used with
> tabs by convention.
> 
> I've spent a lot of time thinking about tabs and indents while I been
> working on the code to make it more predictable and add undo support.
> 
> Proposal:
<snip>
I like the idea. I'd use it too. Some code of others I work on uses
one form of white space and another uses another.

Sincerely, David