Elastic tabstops

[Yann]

2006/7/4, Michael Smith <michael.smith at thalesatm.com>:
> > Anyway, I just subscribed to this discuss list after reading this article:
> > - http://nickgravgaard.com/elastictabstops/
>
> I can't access the web from here. Could you summarise that site in a
> post to the list?

I think the site was slashdotted, but it seems ok now.
Tell me if you can't access it, I would then post it here, I don't
think the author would mind.

Tbas are spaces may be a problem when sharing code among developpers.
If you are alone on your code, just do as you wish :) But when
sharing, each person has its own preferences : n spaces (usually 2, 4
or 8), or tabs, or a mix.
With this idea of elastic tabs, the editor spots groups of lines with
the same kind of tabs, then align the text across these lines on
columns. Its difficult to describe, but the article has a kind of
screenshot which is far clearer than my text here :-/
There is also some code available (java), in public domain, so it can
be used anywhere.

Yann
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