My take on it is that (most) code isn't a picture, so drawing with it (alignment especially) is missing the point that code is a form of text instructions.
If anything, the editor should "render" the text in a form that is pleasant to the eye, divorcing the meaning from the presentation.
Lining up things too much is a "works for me" way of baking presentation into the data, where the writer assumes that because it looks good o their setup, it will look well for the reader too.
Similarities can be seen to building web pages on tables, sending around Word documents, or hard-wrapping emails.
If anything, the editor should "render" the text in a form that is pleasant to the eye, divorcing the meaning from the presentation.
Lining up things too much is a "works for me" way of baking presentation into the data, where the writer assumes that because it looks good o their setup, it will look well for the reader too.
Similarities can be seen to building web pages on tables, sending around Word documents, or hard-wrapping emails.