[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Insert spaces for tabs

["Paul A. Rubin" <rubin@xxxxxxx>]

Jonas Jonsson wrote:

> Why on earth would the 
> Java-Formatter "override" "the general"-configuration?

Assuming that other language-specific formatters would abide by the same 
conventions, if the general formatter supersedes the specific ones, than 
you are stuck using spaces for tabs in all languages, whether or not you 
want that.  (Not to mention you've just reversed the sense of "general" 
and "specific".  :-))

/Paul