Overriding the value of indent-tabs-mode in Emacs code

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 05/25/2016 09:51 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> > As an aside, how did you manage to create a patch that's using tabs for
> > indentation, with indent-tabs-mode bound to nil in .dir-locals.el? That's
> > troubling.
>
> I override that setting, as I find it annoying in too many cases. It's
> just a minor annoyance, but there it is.

Using spaces for indentation is somehow annoying? How do you even notice 
that?

Please don't do that, not in Emacs sources, at least.

.dir-locals.el is there for everyone, and if everyone sticks to their 
preference instead, we'll have zero chance of converging on one style.