Subject: Re: bug#70105: 30.0.50; Emacs should support EditorConfig out of the box

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:55:31 +0000

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>> (I also considered let-binding `tab-width' when Org parser the file, but
>> lists will then look funny visually)
>
> If you use the `tab-width` set by the user then you have the advantage
> that you parse the code in a way that is consistent with what the users
> see (so the problem only bites the users who don't look at their code).

Indeed, but what if an Org file comes from another user, with different
tab-width? Parsing it differently is simply wrong.

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