Line breaks: Unix
File encoding: UTF-8
Soft tabs are made up of spaces.
Hard tabs are made up of a tab character.
There's an eternal discussion going on about which is better, e.g.:
Above all consistency is important,
so below are the standards which we've agreed upon per language.
Soft tabs: NO
Spaces per tab: Personal preference
Follow the conventions set by the Ruby and Ruby on Rails community.
Soft tabs: YES
Spaces per tab: 2
Soft tabs: NO
Spaces per tab: Personal preference
Soft tabs: NO
Spaces per tab: Personal preference
Soft tabs: NO
Spaces per tab: Personal preference
In general: Try to use Xcode defaults as much as possible.
Soft tabs: YES
Spaces per tab: 4
If possible, set your editor to automatically strip trailing whitespace.