Which is the correct way to create bullet points in Markdown — using space+hyphen or tab+hyphen ?

- first level bullet point
 - space+hyphen 
- first level bullet point
    - tab+hyphen
  • boatswain@infosec.pub
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    15 days ago

    I believe either will work, so your call. If you really want to spark a tabs vs spaces holy war, I’ll throw my vote in for tabs: they’re semantic, whereas spaces are not–the meaning of a tab is “this is one level of indentation”. Using spaces for indentation is like using <span class="italic"> instead of <i> for italics.

    • Tim Chase@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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      15 days ago

      @boatswain

      Seconding the semantic nature of tabs (have your $EDITOR display a literal tab as anything from 1 to N spaces), but I’m stuck in a world where Python standardized on 4-space indentation, so the ol’ “When in Rome” adage applies. :sigh:

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