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[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because other people might have restricted environment which might not suit their preference is not a good reason to level it down IMO.

Also, I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space so everyone can enjoy this wonderful view I have ?

[–] agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, the best kind of indent. A tab and a space.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or just set tabsize to 9, that's the point :)

[–] agitated_judge@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Try it and you'll see

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not just “might”. Termux is pretty much the only good choice for programming on Android.

I think 9 is the best size for indent (matter of preference), do you think I should switch to space

I think you should switch to an exorcist.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's your point ? You can use vim on termux and set the tabsize to whatever you want for example.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, but if you use something like cat, head, less, etc. to view code, or the Python REPL, you're still going to see the default tab size.

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

You can set the tabstop with less -x*n*. But ok I see what you mean. I still stand by my point though. If termux doesn't support setting tabstops and it's an issue, then it's a bug in termux, not a reason to level down your formatting standard.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Also :exorcise is only a quick pluginstall away, anyway. /s

[–] icesentry@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you ever need 9 other than trolling people on the internet?

[–] wgs@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Straight on point!