Subject: RE: bug#6276: Could indent-tabs-mode etc be made minor modes?

From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:08:24 -0700

> > (define-minor-mode indent-tabs-mode "test" :global t
> >   :variable indent-tabs-mode)
> 
> I'd rather keep the :variable uses to a minimum.
> In the case of indent-tabs-mode, maybe the better course of 
> action is to move `indent-to' and `indent-tabs-mode' from C to Lisp.

However you decide to do it, please make sure that this, in many people's
.emacs, still works (across versions):

(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)