-diff -urNp mc-4.8.18.orig/src/editor/editdraw.c mc-4.8.18/src/editor/editdraw.c
---- mc-4.8.18.orig/src/editor/editdraw.c 2016-05-07 15:42:52.000000000 +0000
-+++ mc-4.8.18/src/editor/editdraw.c 2017-02-09 07:46:34.507641575 +0000
-@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
- /* Toggles statusbar draw style */
- int simple_statusbar = 0;
-
--int visible_tabs = 1, visible_tws = 1;
-+int visible_tabs = 0, visible_tws = 0;
-
- /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
-
+diff -urpa mc-4.8.31.orig/src/editor/edit.c mc-4.8.31/src/editor/edit.c
+--- mc-4.8.31.orig/src/editor/edit.c 2024-01-20 20:34:38.000000000 +0100
++++ mc-4.8.31/src/editor/edit.c 2024-04-03 21:43:01.355289821 +0200
+@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ edit_options_t edit_options = {
+ .backup_ext = NULL,
+ .filesize_threshold = NULL,
+ .stop_format_chars = NULL,
+- .visible_tabs = TRUE,
+- .visible_tws = TRUE,
++ .visible_tabs = FALSE,
++ .visible_tws = FALSE,
+ .show_right_margin = FALSE,
+ .simple_statusbar = FALSE,
+ .check_nl_at_eof = FALSE