Remembering "tab setting" per file?

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dimarts, 3 de juliol de 2018, a les 17:26:58 CEST, Dr.-Ing. Christoph 
Cullmann va escriure:
> Hi,
> 
> > El dijous, 28 de juny de 2018, a les 16:04:03 CEST, Matthew Woehlke va
> > 
> > escriure:
> >> On 2018-06-27 17:23, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> >> > I have this problem that the poppler files use an awful tab setting 2
> >> > soft
> >> > + 8 hard
> >> > 
> >> > I wonder if it would make sense to remember the tab setting per file if
> >> > the
> >> > user manually set it.
> >> > 
> >> > What do you think?
> >> 
> >> I guess adding a modeline is not an option?
> >> 
> >> Can you add a .kateconfig or .editorconfig alongside the file(s)? Either
> >> one can apply settings to a particular file type...
> > 
> > I could do those things even if they are very cumbersome because it means
> > polluting the git repo with either the file itself or with another line in
> > .gitignore (and the cumbersomeness of having to remember to not delete the
> > file because you will have to create one again)
> > 
> > But what is the reason to not do the right thing and remember it?
> > 
> > We remember the last line you were on a file when you edited it, because
> > it
> > makes sense.
> > 
> > Remembering the tab setting you set for that file to me makes the same
> > amount of sense, so either both should be remembered or both should not.
> 
> remembering the state of more things doesn't sound like a bad idea.
> Would be more consistent, yes.

Ok, i'll add it to the infinite todo list, maybe i hti you up at Akademy, I 
hope some of you are attending?

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Greetings
> Christoph