Coding style for non-Java files (use tabs as spaces?)

[nico_rehwaldt]

I wonder if there is any particular coding style for non-Java classes in the Activiti project.

My actual concern is how tabs should be handled in non-Java files, e.g. xml documents. The Activiti coding style for java (http://svn.codehaus.org/activiti/activiti/trunk/eclipse/) uses tabs-as-spaces and it would be nice to have the same policy for xml documents, too. I do not see that anywhere defined though.

Regards,
Nico

[bernd_ruecker]

+1! Could you maybe propose a style to the code base? Any objections?

[tombaeyens]

spaces always has preference.
and 2 space indents.
also for non java files like xml files.

for those places where we didn't do it properly, switching to spaces might be a pain to track real differences.  so i think that a general change and replace operation could bring more hassle then it solves.

nevertheless it's certainly good if everyone could set their indents to 2 spaces and no tabs.

[nico_rehwaldt]

Thanks for the clarification!