From: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com>
To: 48058@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48058: tab-width's docstring
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:11:30 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a6pj50u6.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
Hi All,
In Emacs 27.2 the docstring for `tab-width' reads:
"Distance between tab stops (for display of tab characters), in columns.
NOTE: This controls the display width of a TAB character, and not the
size of an indentation step."
But this seems to contradict to the ubiquitous role in actual
indentation the option currently plays. It is used by `insert-tab'
directly. `tab-to-tab-stop' uses it if `tab-stop-list' is nil, as it is
by default. `indent-relative' may use `tab-to-tab-stop'. And, through
`indent-relative' and `insert-tab', `tab-width' also affects
`indent-for-tab-command'.
Am I missing something? Or is this docstring the remnant of a previous
change which was left behind?
Best regards,
Gustavo.
next reply other threads:[~2021-04-27 13:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-27 13:11 Gustavo Barros [this message]
2021-04-27 13:53 ` bug#48058: tab-width's docstring 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
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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