"Tom Alexander" <tom@fizz.buzz> writes:

> Thanks!
>
>> We aim to reduce config-dependent Org syntax in the long term.
>
> Thats wonderful news! Sometimes this stuff can really surprise you. For example, the structure of the document created by running `echo "1. foo\n 1.bar\n        1.baz\n\t1.lorem"` changes based on the user's **tab-width**!!
> ...
> Absolute madness! I always considered tab-width to be a personal aesthetic choice and not something that would functionally change how documents other people wrote will be parsed.

I agree.
See the attached tentative patches for Org mode and org-syntax.

This is a breaking change, so I encourage people who might be affected
reply if they have objections.