> So change your tab size? Then open another file, change the tab size again. Or start setting up macros/extensions/whatever to remember or auto-detect settin

> So change your tab size? Then open another file, change the tab size again. Or start setting up macros/extensions/whatever to remember or auto-detect settings. This flexibility to have different developers view the same code with different tab widths comes at a cost. Many of those same developers would rather not keep paying the cost, and would prefer that code written by many people fit in their editor/IDE windows and look consistent without any special settings.