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ListItemIndent for tab should use tab #527
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Currently the listItemIndent option with "tab" uses 4 spaces. I feel it should use /t for tab as this would be more consistent with the option name and would let the individual editor choose how many spaces or tab to use. Thank you. |
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Unfortunately, actual tab characters don’t work well with markdown. Markdown is a whitespace-sensitive language which uses a hardcoded tab size of 4 characters for tab characters. My tab size is configured to two spaces, so if I’d use tabs: 1. a
aThe above would look weird: it would look as if there’s a list item followed by a slightly indented paragraph, but is actually properly indented for markdown. 1. a
aI’d actually get a paragraph and a code block in a list item. The name of the option refers to that tab size of 4 spaces. While I understand that it can be confusing, adding actual tab characters doesn’t make sense to me. Feel free to suggest better names though. |
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Gotcha, thank you so much for the explanation. |
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Unfortunately, actual tab characters don’t work well with markdown. Markdown is a whitespace-sensitive language which uses a hardcoded tab size of 4 characters for tab characters.
My tab size is configured to two spaces, so if I’d use tabs:
The above would look weird: it would look as if there’s a list item followed by a slightly indented paragraph, but is actually properly indented for markdown.
If I’d try and “fix” it by aligning them
I’d actually get a paragraph and a code block in a list item.
The name of the option refers to that tab size of 4 spaces. While I understand that it can be confusing, adding actual tab characters doesn’t make sense to me. Feel free…