{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8261","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8261/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8261/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8261/events","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/8261","id":99591644,"number":8261,"title":"Cannot easily specify variable Tab Length","user":{"login":"alexchandel","id":637714,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/637714?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel","html_url":"https://github.com/alexchandel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexchandel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-08-07T06:54:12Z","updated_at":"2015-10-15T07:12:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Why does Atom feel the need to choose which tab lengths I'm allowed to use? So many other editors let you specify this value (XCode/ST2/ST3/TW/KE/VisualStudio/even Word). And it's useful for all kinds of random tasks: sometimes I need to view/edit a massive variable-length TSV, so, elsewhere, I just throw my tab length to 40/60/whatever and edit faster than Excel thanks to regexes and [column selection](#2306).\r\n\r\nThe Tab Length item in the Settings panel should be a field, like Font Size, Line Height, and every other reasonable option: not a dropdown."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/comments/148301236","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/8261#issuecomment-148301236","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/8261","id":148301236,"user":{"login":"izuzak","id":38924,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38924?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak","html_url":"https://github.com/izuzak","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},"created_at":"2015-10-15T07:12:58Z","updated_at":"2015-10-15T07:12:58Z","body":"Thanks, @benogle :smile: -- going to reopen this then.\r\n\r\n@alexchandel Since you've been helpful and expressed interest in this so far -- would you perhaps like to open a pull request for this? I'm happy to do it as well, but just wondering if you're interested in helping with that as well. "}}