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Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:10:14 -0700 (PDT) Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <83h74u4csf.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:234102 Archived-At: On 09.06.2022 08:38, Eli Zaretskii 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" >> >> 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. > It being a long-time default of ours has no effect on whether using tabs is a good idea (since Emacs is not particularly popular these days to affect global practive). But you know my opinion on this anyway.