Tabs polute an otherwise perfectly simple concept, fixed width fonts. If they had't existed out of the gate, no one would have ever considered asking for it, es

Tabs polute an otherwise perfectly simple concept, fixed width fonts. If they had't existed out of the gate, no one would have ever considered asking for it, especially if the reason was "I want to be able to pick my own indentation level". They'd be laughed out of the industry. You want the whole world to worry about your prefered indentation level every single time they start a new line? Thats never going happen. Take the indentaion level your given and burden yourself with the task of writting a feature for your editor that lets you pick what you like instead. Oh, and have fun fighting with it every time you open a file you didn't write.