Tabs vs Spaces -- The blind remix.

[dlikhten]

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[dlikhten]

Is it possible to add an option for tabs vs spaces. Some engineers with vision problems (different kinds) really find changing the tab-width of their editor helps significantly.

Curious if this is a strong enough problem to warrant a flag, or a fork.

[dgutov]

Sounds like a good cause for an editor plugin (to display indentation differently) rather than a reason to change how to file is saved on disk. Your team probably has different kinds of engineers.

[dlikhten]

Isn't that literally the purpose of tabs? Characters that can be displayed differently based on people's editor preferences?

[dgutov]

It differs. People and editors use tabs in a variety of ways.

E.g. the GNU project historically used a mixture of tabs and spaces to "save disk space". In that scheme you could have one tab character per several indentation levels.

[dlikhten]

Okay I will be very clear: I am in absolutely no way advocating for Tabs being used for saving bits. Nobody cares about that.

You're right historically tabs have been used differently.

My question was: Is accessibility a worthwhile reason to make it an option, or is it more appropriate to make a fork?

[schpet]

FWIW i'm able to use rubocop with standard's rules as described in #30, using tabs instead of spaces with the following .rubocop.yml:

require:
  - standard/cop/semantic_blocks

inherit_gem:
  standard: config/base.yml

Layout/IndentationStyle:
  Enabled: true
  EnforcedStyle: tabs
  IndentationWidth: 1

Layout/IndentationWidth:
  Width: 1

this means i run bundle exec rubocop and not bundle exec standardrb

[natecox]

I was presented with this earlier and it pretty much instantly changed my opinion of the tabs vs spaces debate: https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/c8drjo/nobody_talks_about_the_real_reason_to_use_tabs/

For the first time ever I'm advocating for using tabs as a community standard, to better support members of that community.

[jmkoni]

Unfortunately, we aren't going to switch to tabs because that is not the community standard. However, @schpet brought up a great solution if you need to use tabs in your project but still want to use the rest of Standard 😄 #158 (comment)