Questions about frc-docs

[mendax1234]

In frc-docs, it says that tabs are replaced with spaces, and the space indentation is set to 3. However, l wonder why the identation should be set to 3? l edit rst files in my vscode and the default tab represents a space indentation of 4, but l don't find any error with my docs(which is also built with sphinx and uses restructuredText). So, l wonder why the space identation should be set to 3?

Besides, l don't think Notepad++ is a good tool to edit rst files since the whole project is built with sphinx and a powershell or commandline is a must to debug. However, Notepad++ doesn't seem to have a powershell or commandline tool integrated. l don't know which tool the WPILIB uses to write rst and debug the whole project. But l think vscode should be a better choice since it also has the wordwrap function and an option to change the tab's space identation to 3.

Best
Daniel

[TheTripleV]

Any editor will do. I usually use vscode web. Having an integrated terminal via an external one is just personal preference.

The indentation is 3 spaces because it looks the best in the editor, that's all. The prefix for specifying directives is 3 characters long so nested directives line up nicely.

[sciencewhiz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation_style#Tabs,_spaces,_and_size_of_indentations

[Daltz333]

I use VS Code and an external terminal to build. I used to write with just nano before there was good rST extensions.