Tabstop is 8 for LaTeX file

[3nt3]

Tabstop is 8 for LaTeX file

[tpope]

It works now. The default is customizable. It's not an absolute override if Sleuth detects something else. Try with an empty file.

Check :verbose Sleuth to see more information about why particular options are set.

[tpope]

Normally you can just set tabstop=8 in your vimrc and Sleuth will respect it. The only time it forces 8 is when you have a file that mixes spaces and tabs, for consistency. If this is happening to you, then you can fix the file to only use tabs, or use .editorconfig or a modeline to force it.

There's also an experimental option that may or may not help:

let g:sleuth_tex_defaults = 'tabstop=4'

[Fau818]

I like this experimental option.
In my view, it would be nice if there was an option to customize the default value of tabstop.

But this experimental option doesn't work for me yet. So, when will this option become available?

[3nt3]

:setlocal noexpandtab           " from %                                                                               
:setlocal shiftwidth=0          " from %                                                           
:setlocal tabstop=8             " from %

when I don't set g:sleuth_tex_defaults, it just displays this.