> This is also partly the reason why I use spaces most of the time. If you still end up adjusting the tab width to match others’ preferences, what’s the purpose of using tabs in the first place?
Or if you used elastic tabstops, the pursose of using tabs would be that this alignment happens automatically on edits instead of you having to adjust the number of spaces manually
Or if you used elastic tabstops, the pursose of using tabs would be that this alignment happens automatically on edits instead of you having to adjust the number of spaces manually