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> Browsers don't really have a "set tab width" option that I've found.

The `tab-width` CSS property is supported by all browsers except MSIE, though only for integer amount of spaces (aside from Chrome 42 which supports arbitrary widths). In most desktop browsers can setup a "user css" to set it.

> For expert programmers coding for long-term correctness, then yes. But beginners and lean "we just gotta ship this shit" startups will just create 9 levels of unreadable cruft.

Would their unreadable cruft be any more readable with a tabwidth of 4 or (god forbid) 2?



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