Atom keeps failing at inserting a <tab>

[alexandernst]

I have Atom .141 and softTab disabled, and yet hitting the TAB key will insert N spaces instead of a TAB character.
Even further, Atom doesn't care at all if the entire file is TAB-indented, it just keeps inserting spaces.
This is a completely must-fix before a 1.0 release.

Short video showing the bug: http://youtu.be/JWAH-7fqYzo

[thomasjo]

Are you able to reproduce this in safe mode? atom --safe

[alexandernst]

This get's fixed when Atom is running in safe mode

[thomasjo]

Then this issue is caused by a third-party package. Are you using emmet or autocomplete-plus? They are known for interfering with tab keybinding.

[alexandernst]

Not sure what happened, but after running atom --safe and then running only atom I can't reproduce the bug anymore. Is --safe cleaning some Atom files? Or maybe changing permanently some config option?

[thomasjo]

It might perhaps alter some data in ~/.atom/storage. Maybe @benogle, @kevinsawicki or @nathansobo have some insight into what might have been happening. Old "tab style guess" that got unstuck?

[alexandernst]

I'll close this bug as it was some fauly config on my side. Reopen if you feel there is a need for further investigation and I'll reply to all your questions.

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