Re: [cp-patches] Formatting change of JTextComponent.java

[Michael Koch]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 06:48:25PM +0100, Meskauskas Audrius wrote:
> Because otherwise the path is impossible to read, as my text editor was 
> configured not to use tabs. As a result, the path contains instructions to 
> replace 
> tabs by spaces, including lines where I have never done any changes. To work 
> around this, I attached the original java file. If you need a readable path 
> instead, the only way is to replace tabs by spaces first.
> 
> As the editor replaces tabs into spaces automatically, it is unlikely to have 
> any code or formatting alteration during this conversion.
 
You should configure your editor to dont replace tabs by spaces for
existing code you dont touch.

> It is generally recommended to avoid using the tab character as this can 
> cause problems when working with multiple editing and communication tools, 
> many now 
> having configurable tabulation settings. I think, the project would benefit 
> from the global automated replacing of tabs by spaces. Now you seem having 
> the 
> mixed content.

Thats true. But doing it by manually as you did is not needed and
introduces much confusions.


Michael
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