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    Both tab-width and tab-stop-list are needed. tab-width is used when DISPLAYING tabs, while tab-stop-list is needed to determine tab stops when you ADD tabs. Commented Sep 16, 2008 at 7:59
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    Please note stackoverflow.com/questions/69934/… Commented May 3, 2012 at 20:59
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    Is there really nothing shorter than '(tab-stop-list (quote (4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 100 104 108 112 116 120)))? Well, as long as it works I guess... :P Commented Aug 29, 2014 at 21:29
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    According to the documentation, you don't need all those positions. Just do 4 8 12 and the it will extend to all the others (keep adding 4). Apparently if you just use 1 or 2 elements instead of 3, it will just use tab-width as the last step. So theoretically, if I wanted to tab by four spaces, and my tab-width was set to 4. I could write '(tab-stop-list (quote (4))). Commented Nov 2, 2016 at 13:27
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    @NicholasPeterson thank you for noticing that! It would seem though, that in practice quote needs two numbers to continue the sequence ad infinitum. See: stackoverflow.com/a/42148697/2662028 Commented Feb 20, 2017 at 18:47