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		travmatt on Feb 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects If someone is really paranoid about white space issues in a file you’re editing on vim, you can can always use `:set list` to display those characters.

enriquto on Feb 28, 2018 [–]

or, you can write your recipes as

    target : requisites ; recipe

with a semicolon instead of a tab.

However, tabs are beautiful, and every occasion to use them should be cherised as precious.

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