My <editorconfig.org> file

.editorconfig

# ".editorconfig" is the best attempt at a standard we've had so far for
# specifying portable settings in text-editors; some editors support this out
# of the box, many have plugins -- see the website for details:
# <editorconfig.org>

#===============================================================================

# LICENSE: I assert no copyright on this file at all,
#          it should be considered within the Public Domain

# this tells the editor to stop traversing up the folder hierarchy looking for
# ".editorconfig" files; we want this file to specify my settings, rather than
# inheriting from some potentially unknown file higher up
root = true

# the defaults (if supported by the editor-in-question)
# for all files in this project
[*]
charset = utf-8
end_of_line = crlf
trim_trailing_whitespace = false

# text / documentation files
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*.{txt,md,rem}]
# for text / documentation formats, a trailing line adds readability
insert_final_newline = true

# Markdown
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*.md]
# this is pretty much required for Markdown,
# otherwise your indent blocks can break
indent_style = space
indent_size = 4

# ReMarkable (like MarkDown): <camendesign.com/remarkable>
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*.rem]
# note that ReMarkable *requires* tabs and not spaces
# to be able to ascertain true indent levels
indent_style = tab
indent_size = tab
tab_width = 8

# batch files
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*.bat]
# for "DOS" we opt for the ASCII/ANSI charset for maximum compatibility
charset = latin1

[*.php]
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# you can take your PSR-2 and shove it
indent_style = space
indent_size = 8
insert_final_newline = false

# Visual Basic 6
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*.{bas,cls,ctl,frm,vbp}]
# for my projects that contain VB6 code, here's how these files should be seen
indent_style = space
indent_size = 4