Re: Indentation with spaces

[Skip Montanaro]

> > As for TAB not inserting a literal TAB character,
> > indentation is controlled by the major mode. I believe that
> > for ELisp, the default indentation is just two spaces.
> > (Don't quote me on that though.)
>
> Why is `indent-tabs-mode' t by default? Tabs should not
> be used.

We say that today. I've been using some version of Emacs since the
early 1980s. Before the appearance of indentation-sensitive languages
like Python, inserting a literal TAB when the TAB key was pressed made
sense.

I suspect it's a case of "old habits die hard."

Skip