From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 48058@debbugs.gnu.org, gusbrs.2016@gmail.com
Subject: bug#48058: tab-width's docstring
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 20:35:13 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pmydc7u6.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmmB8ZMXJzNDnAY7Ms8sWCr4uUF=DQafCASaXGQMtW7Atw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:05:39 -0500)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:05:39 -0500
> Cc: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com>, 48058@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> I agree that the docstring is somewhat confusing, as it seems to rule
> out that this variable is ever used to control indentation. But some
> major modes do precisely that.
>
> Perhaps we could change the docstring note along the lines of:
>
> NOTE: Some major modes use this variable to determine an indentation
> step, but Emacs itself only uses this to display the width of a TAB
> character.
>
> Would something like that make sense?
Something like that, yes. Perhaps just making the original text less
definitive will do as well.
> Also the last line of the docstring is odd to me:
>
> This should be an integer greater than zero.
>
> Should the "should" be changed to "must"?
Those two are equivalent in this context.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-29 17:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-27 13:11 bug#48058: tab-width's docstring Gustavo Barros
2021-04-27 13:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-27 14:40 ` Gustavo Barros
2021-04-27 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-27 15:14 ` Gustavo Barros
2021-04-27 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-29 17:05 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-29 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-04-29 20:14 ` Gustavo Barros
2021-04-29 22:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-30 0:44 ` Gustavo Barros
2021-04-30 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-30 10:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-30 10:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-30 12:00 ` Gustavo Barros
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