▲ 81 ▼ What is a heavily debated topic in your hobby? Can be anything from the influence of a movie director to the best brand of paint for Warhammer (piefed.zip) submitted 9 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/casualconversation@piefed.social 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 28 points 9 months ago (7 children) Is a tab four spaces or two? permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 child) A tab is not made of spaces, it goes to the next tab stop, which is as big as you set it to be. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) This isn't your argument, neighbor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago I'll just wish you good day then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] m_f@discuss.online 17 points 9 months ago (3 children) Let's all compromise on three spaces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 15 points 9 months ago recordscratch.wav permalink fedilink source parent [–] echindod@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago Ouch. This hurts. This hurts so much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago Can we make it π spaces? It's such a nice number. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 child) Neither, it's an actual tab character permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago This is the correct answer. Also it's going to depend on whether your environment (i.e. is it an actual word processor vs. a text editor?) allows for margins and tabs to be set. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (2 children) IT'S FOUR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago Hi, it's your friendly nano user here to remind you that it's actually 8. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's your right to be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago No it's not! Wait... permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Behold: HUML, a markup language so opinionated that it forces its users to use an indentation of exactly 2 spaces https://huml.io/specifications/v0-1-0/#indentation Honestly I like the rest of the specification and being opinionated definitely has its advantages, but I hate using 2 spaces for indentation. Maybe the people who were using tabs for indentation were actually on to something ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) Which IDE is best? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) IDEs are for script kiddies, real programmers use vim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 child) Nah, real programmers use echo, cat, and pipes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* Nah, real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand permalink fedilink source parent [–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Vim is ok, useful when you don't have an ide handy, but making a complex multiplatform distributed system across multiple teams and repos in such a limited application is just bonkers. Downright lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago Hot take: it depends on the language. Markup? 2 spaces Procedural? 4 spaces Natural? 8 spaces permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 child) A tab is not made of spaces, it goes to the next tab stop, which is as big as you set it to be. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) This isn't your argument, neighbor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago I'll just wish you good day then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) This isn't your argument, neighbor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago I'll just wish you good day then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago I'll just wish you good day then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] m_f@discuss.online 17 points 9 months ago (3 children) Let's all compromise on three spaces permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 15 points 9 months ago recordscratch.wav permalink fedilink source parent [–] echindod@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago Ouch. This hurts. This hurts so much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago Can we make it π spaces? It's such a nice number. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echindod@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago Ouch. This hurts. This hurts so much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago Can we make it π spaces? It's such a nice number. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 child) Neither, it's an actual tab character permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago This is the correct answer. Also it's going to depend on whether your environment (i.e. is it an actual word processor vs. a text editor?) allows for margins and tabs to be set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago This is the correct answer. Also it's going to depend on whether your environment (i.e. is it an actual word processor vs. a text editor?) allows for margins and tabs to be set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (2 children) IT'S FOUR. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago Hi, it's your friendly nano user here to remind you that it's actually 8. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's your right to be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago No it's not! Wait... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago Hi, it's your friendly nano user here to remind you that it's actually 8. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 months ago (1 child) It's your right to be wrong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago No it's not! Wait... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago No it's not! Wait... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) Behold: HUML, a markup language so opinionated that it forces its users to use an indentation of exactly 2 spaces https://huml.io/specifications/v0-1-0/#indentation Honestly I like the rest of the specification and being opinionated definitely has its advantages, but I hate using 2 spaces for indentation. Maybe the people who were using tabs for indentation were actually on to something ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) Which IDE is best? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) IDEs are for script kiddies, real programmers use vim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 child) Nah, real programmers use echo, cat, and pipes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* Nah, real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand permalink fedilink source parent [–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Vim is ok, useful when you don't have an ide handy, but making a complex multiplatform distributed system across multiple teams and repos in such a limited application is just bonkers. Downright lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (2 children) IDEs are for script kiddies, real programmers use vim. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 child) Nah, real programmers use echo, cat, and pipes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* Nah, real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand permalink fedilink source parent [–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Vim is ok, useful when you don't have an ide handy, but making a complex multiplatform distributed system across multiple teams and repos in such a limited application is just bonkers. Downright lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (1 child) Nah, real programmers use echo, cat, and pipes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* Nah, real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* Nah, real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 months ago Vim is ok, useful when you don't have an ide handy, but making a complex multiplatform distributed system across multiple teams and repos in such a limited application is just bonkers. Downright lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago Hot take: it depends on the language. Markup? 2 spaces Procedural? 4 spaces Natural? 8 spaces permalink fedilink source parent