bug-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

bug#55862: Removing indent-tabs-mode set to t by default


From: goncholden
Subject: bug#55862: Removing indent-tabs-mode set to t by default
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:40:35 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 5:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:


> > Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 03:19:01 +0000
> > From: goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> > the Swiss army knife of text editors" bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >
> > Why is `indent-tabs-mode' t by default? Tabs should not be used.
>
>
> That depends on the major mode. E.g., in text mode and its
> derivatives this is turned off. But in programming modes, many
> languages accept TABs, so using them is not a bad idea, especially
> since this is a long-standing Emacs default.
>
> > I have been modifying bash scripts and the introduced tabs are driving me 
> > insane.
>
>
> Maybe shell-mode should change its defaults, then. I don't use that
> too much, so I don't have an opinion.
>
> Of course, arguing about defaults is many times futile, since changing
> them is very easy.
>

It is not so easy because one also has to make the change based on major mode.






reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]