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+(use-package spacious-padding)
+
+;; These are the default values, but I keep them here for visibility.
+(setq spacious-padding-widths
+      '( :internal-border-width 50
+         :header-line-width 4
+         :mode-line-width 6
+         :tab-width 4
+         :right-divider-width 30
+         :scroll-bar-width 8
+         :fringe-width 8))