[Haskell-beginners] indentation

[Daniel Fischer]

Am Sonntag 14 Februar 2010 22:30:27 schrieb Jorden Mauro:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Daniel Fischer
>
> <daniel.is.fischer at web.de> wrote:
> > Am Sonntag 14 Februar 2010 20:54:54 schrieb John Moore:
> >> Hi all,
> >>          I must be doing something wrong with my tabs. Because this
> >> keeps telling me parse error. Can some one see if it is indentation.
> >> I'm sending a file so as you'll be able to see what going on. If I
> >> copy it here it can appear wrong the difference is with the Var
> >> expression.
> >>
> >> John
> >
> > First of all, *don't mix tabs and spaces for indentation* (best, don't
> > use tabs at all).
>
> I find the latter a bit too restrictive, especially since I use a text
> editor that is a glorified version of ed.

Okay: Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Isn't there some editor which allows you to configure the tab settings but 
still is whatever-you-like-about-ed enough for you to use?

> Hitting the spacebar 19 times is too much to ask of me.
>
> And as such, I am occasionally forced to do something when a tab
> doesn't get me past the word `where' or `let', but isn't that the
> majority of what Layout specifies?
>
> Is there a good answer for caveman programmers who like ed and tabs?
>
Never change your tab-width.