2 Spaces or 1 Tab, what's the standard for indentation in the Rails Community?

Question

I\'ve noticed that most of the HTML/XML/HAML that gets generated from plugins uses 2 spaces instead of 1 tab. I use textmate and have tabs set to 4 spaces for HAML/HTML/XML and

Answer 1

As for all the arguments about different editors showing tabs with different widths...

It is a configuration setting people!

Change your editors to use two spaces for each tab. Different widths in different editors is not an argument. It is a moot point. If anything, using tabs allows people who prefer different widths to set and use the width they prefer. Hell, I think I like 3 spaces.

And you have to hit backspace twice just to un-indent something once. I'm a programmer, I'm lazy. I don't like to do things more than once!