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EditorConfig bundled with Emacs 30 does not set tab-width

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From: Kenta USAMI <zonuexe <at> zonu.me>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 73991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73991: EditorConfig bundled with Emacs 30 does not set tab-width
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:07:32 +0900

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Thank you for your suggestion.

However, the difference in these settings is as trivial as the color of a
bike
shed to other editor implementations that comply with the EditorConfig
specification.

I don't intend to send patches to numerous free software authors to fix
something
that isn't broken. Frankly, it would feel like spam to people who don't use
Emacs.

2024年10月25日(金) 16:38 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:

> > Cc: 73991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Kenta USAMI <zonuexe <at> zonu.me>
> > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:44:31 +0900
> >
> > > You can get the same behavior with
> > >
> > >    indent_size = tab
> > >    tab_width = 4
> >
> > The settings mean the same thing, but I contribute to several projects
> on GitHub, so it wouldn't make sense to
> > rewrite them all.
>
> Why not?  Emacs is a major new player on this playground, so making
> some minor changes for the benefit of using EditorConfig settings in
> Emacs sounds justified to me.
>
> Emacs uses tab-width in a special way, which is why we feel blindly
> abiding by this setting in Emacs would be incorrect.  If a way exists
> to have both Emacs and the other editors happy, why not take it to
> adapt?
>

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