Tab vs space madness

[dreadkillz]

After seeing how my code on github doesn't look like it does on my computer, I went and learned about all this tab vs space madness and different settings on different computers. Before I was using tabs to align things like = ; etc. BAD BAD BAD. Now I know better. Tab to indent, space to align! Time to go back and fix some of my projects.

[T-Bone]

Well, Lua doesn't read whitespace so it doesn't matter too much.

Also note that tabs depend on the text editor. Some interpret them as four spaces, some as eight. Always avoid mixing tabs and spaces.

[Nixola]

Some as 6, and some will let you choose

[kikito]

Or, two spaces for everything, no tabs at all.

EDIT: by the way, this seems to be the recommended way to do it on the Lua Style Guide.

[ivan]

Or, two spaces for everything, no tabs at all.

Yep, sounds good. In fact Notepad++ has a setting that replaces your tabs with spaces automatically.

[dreadkillz]

I really like tabs though for indenting. I ended up downloading a plugin for np++ that uses tabs to indent and convert them to spaces when used otherwise.

[bartbes]

What is this flamebait doing here?
I shall now lock this thread, to prevent endless tab vs space discussions, we all know tab is better anyway. (And vim is better than emacs.)