Re: change spaces indent in text mode?

[Stefan Monnier]

> The documentation is a little confusing on this, at least to me. My
> Emacs manual (info "(emacs)Text Display") says that you need to use
> default-tab-width for this, as tab-width is buffer local, meaning it
> only applies to the buffer you were in when you set it. However, the
> help for default-tab-width (C-h v default-tab-width) says that
> default-tab-width is deprecated, and tab-width should be used instead.

> I think this might qualify as a buglet in the documentation, unless I'm
> missing something obvious.

Indeed, thanks.  It is obsolete but the doc hasn't been
updated correspondingly.


        Stefan