GNU bug report logs - #55862
Removing indent-tabs-mode set to t by default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 03:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#55862: Removing indent-tabs-mode set to t by default
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:58:17 +0300

> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:44:27 +0000
> From: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
> Cc: dgutov <at> yandex.ru, 55862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The problem occurs mainly because tab widths are not consistent.  As is known, tab widths relate directly with spaces, but that information is lost.

If you work in an environment where people change the visual width of
TABs, then indeed you will want not to use TABs.  But that is not a
given.
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