On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:31:29PM -0700, Kumar amit mehta wrote: > Hi, > > I've a query regarding the coding style for Linux Kernel code. I'm > reading the CodingStyle under Documentation and what I've understood is > that I shouldn't be using spaces for indentation purposes and should use > tabs of width 8 characters. Quoting from the same document: > "Outside of comments, documentation and except in Kconfig, spaces are > never used for indentation, and the above example is deliberately broken." > However, Is it correct to replace each tab stroke by 8 spaces ? I use vim > editor and I've put following under $HOME/.vimrc file: > <snip> > set tabstop=8 > set shiftwidth=8 > set expandtab > <snip> > > In past I've seen that some application have different interpretation of > tabs and hence sometimes even If I've done proper indentation using tab, > the code appears unindented, and therefore In order to make sure that I'm > moving 8 characters upon hitting tab, I've put the above rules under my > .vimrc file. Please let me know If I should remove these from my .vimrc > file and rely on tab instead. No, you should not expand tabs. Tabs in CodingStyle mean _hard_ tabs. Mine: <snip> set tabstop=8 set noexpandtab set shiftwidth=8 set cinoptions=:0,l1,t0,g0 <snip> -- Regards, Adam Lee http://adam8157.info _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
