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

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 05/26/2016 01:36 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> I didn't intend that implication. What I meant was that we're not
> switching all the Elisp sources to use only spaces to indent. At least,
> that is my understanding.

We do. Gradually. Using .dir-locals.el.

> In this particular case, switching to
> all-spaces would have made the patch harder to read. I read a lot of
> patches and perhaps are more sensitive to this issue.

OK, if that's all you do. I do see people switching from spaces to tabs 
sometimes, and that's a bigger concern.