From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com>
Cc: 48058@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48058: tab-width's docstring
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:32:21 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y2d3hhfe.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tunrkbdi.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Gustavo Barros on Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:14:50 -0300)
> From: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com>
> Cc: 48058@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:14:50 -0300
>
> I didn't expect anything different to happen. It is just that
> `tab-width' is determining more than just the "display width of the TAB
> character": if you (or the major-mode for you) are indenting with spaces
> the content of the buffer is different according to `tab-width', it not
> just a matter of "display".
>
> But I see your point, and perhaps the docstring is clearer to someone
> more seasoned than myself, and avoids other pitfalls along the way which
> I do not even see. Hopefully, it will feel just as clear to me someday.
> ;-)
Fair enough, let's see if there are other opinions about this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-27 15:32 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 [this message]
2021-04-29 17:05 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-04-29 17:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
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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