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I have a workaround for this that allows me to at least load my org files: I 
can #+COMMENT: out all the lists, which I have in there as documentation (I 
treat my setup files like literate configuration files).







---- On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:42:13 -0400 kazark <kaz...@zoho.com> wrote ---



Hi,



I am getting this error after updating to Org-Mode 9.7.5:



The error was: (error "Tab width in Org files must be 8, not 2.  Please adjust 
your ‘tab-width’ settings for Org mode.")



However, it does not happen when I load every Org-Mode file. The MWE I have 
come up with requires two files; call them test.org and properties.org. The 
contents of test.org are simply a link to properties.org as a setup file.



#+SETUPFILE: properties.org



The contents of properties.org can be as simple as:



+ foo

#+TODO: TODO(t) | DONE(d)



But no simpler. If the plain list item is removed, the problem does not occur. 
If the TODO element is removed, the problem does not occur. The problem can 
also be caused with a MACRO element, but not by COMMENT, BIND, LATEX_HEADER, &c.



Loading properties.org does not cause the problem. Only loading test.org causes 
the problem, so the problem seems to be specific to when an Org file is loaded 
as a startup file. I am not clear why tab-width is not being set to 8 in that 
case. It is true that my global tab-width configuration is 2, but I have not 
attempted to force Org-Mode to use a value of 2. In fact, before I realize that 
Org-Mode itself now does (setq-local tab-width 8) I even tried doing that on 
org-mode-hook, but it didn't help.



Perhaps this is a problem with my configuration, but I suspect that it is an 
edge-case bug in Org itself. I have reason to think that I am one of the 
heavier users of setup files. https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/59492/19069 So 
it seems entirely possible that I am just the first to hit this edge case.



Because I do rely quite a bit on setup files, this has me in a fairly broken 
state at the moment. I deeply appreciate any help or advice that you have, as 
well as all the hard work that goes into Org-Mode. I live my whole life in 
Org-Mode.



Kazark

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