macOS Complete Noob question (what should I use for indenting?)

[sirxavier]

Hi!

Thanks for your attention.

I am learning Objective-C from scratch(however I do know some C). I am using the Programming in Objective-C book and so far all is good, but there's something that has puzzled me since I started learning programming.... and it is.... what should I use for indenting?

The examples in the book show 4 spaces indentation, so at first I thought... isn't pressing just tab easier? But then the indentations where too big... then I checked wikipedia and it says that using spaces or tab is a thing of preference?

So far I have been pressing space 3 times for each indentation following the examples in the book... am I doing it right, isn't pressing space 3 times more cumbersome than pressing tab once? Should I stop worrying about this?

Thanks again!

 

[balamw]

Should I stop worrying about this?

That.

EDIT: Your editor should be able to set tab-width or even use tab to insert spaces as described here http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2007-05-07/tabs-vs-spaces

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[miles01110]

You should try to make your code easy to follow. It's a matter of preference how much you indent each line.

 

[gnasher729]

Hi!

Thanks for your attention.

I am learning Objective-C from scratch(however I do know some C). I am using the Programming in Objective-C book and so far all is good, but there's something that has puzzled me since I started learning programming.... and it is.... what should I use for indenting?

The examples in the book show 4 spaces indentation, so at first I thought... isn't pressing just tab easier? But then the indentations where too big... then I checked wikipedia and it says that using spaces or tab is a thing of preference?

So far I have been pressing space 3 times for each indentation following the examples in the book... am I doing it right, isn't pressing space 3 times more cumbersome than pressing tab once? Should I stop worrying about this?

Thanks again!

Did you check XCode preferences / Indentation?
Just set tab width = 4.

 

[kainjow]

If you're using Xcode, let it auto-indent for you: Preferences > Indentation > Syntax-aware indenting

 

[sirxavier]

I am using vim in terminal at the moment, but I will move to XCode soon enough... but now I know how to solve my problem to make it look like the book with only one key press!

Thanks again!

 

[balamw]

I am using vim in terminal at the moment, but I will move to XCode soon enough... but now I know how to solve my problem to make it look like the book with only one key press!

Thanks again!

You can set tab-width in vim too: e.g. http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...o-make-a-tab-is-4-spaces-width-in-vim-355658/

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[sirxavier]

You can set tab-width in vim too: e.g. http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...o-make-a-tab-is-4-spaces-width-in-vim-355658/

B

Wow, that's neat. Thanks a bunch balamw!

 

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