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bsenftner on Feb 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects

Back in that 1970's developer's paradise, it was not possible to lose a space next to a tab, because we did not have WYSIWYG editors, we had "vi" which has an easy toggle to show white space characters. "Back in the day" everything had a command line interface, and non-developers were afraid of computers. Ah, the good old daze...

mikro2nd on March 2, 2018 [–]

Having been a (moderately power) vi user since the early-80's, Today I Learned about this "show white space" toggle. Thanks!

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