From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: Rand Editor
Article-I.D.: flairvax.105
Posted: Tue Apr 12 00:00:04 1983
Received: Wed Apr 13 03:04:44 1983
References: rlgvax.203 amd70.1779

    Turning tabs into spaces is a feature, not a bug.... Do you really
    like it when you're inserting text into tab-infested whitespace
    and you can't type where you want because there's no "there" there ?
    ...or when trailing characters jump spasmodically when you type
    the character that pushes it to the brink of the next tabstop ?

    When I enter text, whitespace is whitespace is whitespace, tabs are
    just a fast way to enter spaces up to the next tabstop. The number
    of (badly conceived) programs that distinguish tabs from spaces
    is pitifully small. I'll use vi, I guess, in those cases.

    On the other hand, why the Rand editor doesn't properly compress
    my whitespace into tabs where possible is beyond my comprehension...