Oh… that would do it. Thank you for your help!
> On Dec 18, 2023, at 12:10, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Michael Dixon <dixiu...@gmail.com <mailto:dixiu...@gmail.com>> writes:
>
>> After a recent update, when I am editing a bulleted list (with an indent
>> of 2 spaces, like you can see in the Org manual), I get the following
>> error when I press <RET>, M-<RET>, etc.:
>>
>> Tab width in Org files must be 8, not 4
>>
>> This happens within any heading in which the bulleted list exists. If I
>> create a new heading, I can type text and paragraphs there with no
>> issue.
>>
>> I just noticed this today, though I don't often use plain lists, so not
>> sure if it has been happening for longer.
>
> This is because you have non-standard tab-width setting.
> See https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/tree/etc/ORG-NEWS#n36
>
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