allspiritseve wrote:(1) No matter the number of spaces you use, I still find a semi-circle margin like that very hard to read. (2)It also still means if I edit something 8 tabs in, I have to hit the tab button 8 times before I can type.
(3) Also-- your editor may only use 2 or 3 spaces, but what about when somebody uses view source? (4) Or when you're away from your computer and need to edit a file, and the only thing available is cpanel's crappy editor?
(1) Every indented code block is called a statement - it has its
own meaning. So one can understand what the "outter" statement does without even looking at the inner statement. In fact, many editors have even "statement collapse" feature ... guess why
(2) Editors (I don't mean notepad!) will grant you a "free" tab indentation without pressing the tab key more than once.
(3) That's why I vote for using Tabs instead of spaces.
(4) And what if you have only 6x3 chars screen, or a WAP interface to cpanel, or Notepad only availabale, but Unix style new lines, or ...