docs: mention that the source code is best viewed with a tab size of 4

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Benno Schulenberg 2017-12-30 11:43:05 +01:00
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@ -107,3 +107,10 @@ the license that covers nano. Then create a patch (or patches):
Send that patch (or patches) to <nano-devel@gnu.org>, as an attachment
or with git send-email.
To keep most lines of nano's source code within a width of 80 characters,
a tab size of four should be used. So in your nanorc file you may want
to include 'set tabsize 4', or you could use -T4 on the command line.
To make git display things as intended, you can do:
$ git config --local core.pager "less -x4"