As a 13 year Naval Officer the cornerstones in leadership: Praise in public. Criticize in private. What you describe is not so much praise, but passive criticism of the team. This isn't leadership. This is decisive, and results in resentment. Your boss publicly put you above the other members. Your boss should have simply praisedon't you efforts and encouraged the team.

That is not leadership. Praise the person for the job done. Don't passively criticize the rest of the team. I didn't like managing people, but I could lead them.

Leadership 101 Praise in public. Criticize in private. USN officer 13 years.

If formatting is your biggest complaint, you're blaming your tools for your inadequacy. I use Eclipse which automatically converts tabs to spaces, and yes a macro in Notepad ++ to trim trailing white space, convert tabs to space and save. Stop whining and learn the language.