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EditorConfig tells you the canonical tab size for the project, in other words "a tab counts as 4 characters to the soft wrap". If you choose to increase the tab size beyond 4 characters, you have to accept you'll get longer lines.

(It's also high time we stop pretending wrap limits matter to the exact character. In most cases, they are and should be guidelines - we have evolved beyond 640x480 CRTs and 80 character terminals)



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