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by 1718627440 40 days ago
Tabs represent a logical indent, not a physical one, you choose how the mapping to physical indent is.

> So when things don't line up

Why would things ever not line up? There is 1/2 tabs indentation and it shows up as 1,3,7,8,42/2,6,14,16,84 indentation however you like it.