Re: indent-tabs-mode

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Since it's generally agreed now that tabs are a bad thing, how about
>> changing the default value of indent-tabs-mode to t?
>> 
>> I don't think tabs are bad, and I see no reason to change this.
>> (t is the current default; perhaps you mean nil.)

> If everyone on the Emacs project used a different tab stop, you'd very
> quickly change your mind. That's the reality on any project that where
> editors other than Emacs are used.

That's irrelevant: In that case the problem doesn't come from
indent-tabs-mode and isn't fixed (or even mitigated) by changing
indent-tabs-mode.


        Stefan