GNU bug report logs - #32120
26.1; In python.el tab-width should default to 4

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 32120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32120: 26.1; In python.el tab-width should default to 4
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:25:57 -0300

> Right. What is your justification for wanting this to be 4?
> Python generally discourages tabs, but when they are present, seems to
> follow the historical convention mapping them to 8 spaces.

Sure, I don't want to enter tab characters at all, I just want to
rigidly indent using 4-space tab stops. And setting tab-width to 4 and
indent-tabs-mode to nil makes C-x Tab S-Right do just that.
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