From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com>
Cc: 27507@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27507: [PATCH] Make `cycle-spacing' allow 'negative-zero in place of an integer
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2017 14:15:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a84okoq9.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fuegdtdp.fsf@gmail.com> (Mekeor Melire's message of "Sat, 01 Jul 2017 18:17:06 +0200")
Mekeor Melire <mekeor.melire@gmail.com> writes:
> Well, the point is that delete-whitespace would mostly have the same
> logic as cycle-spacing. So, should we define a more general function
> then, which both delete-whitespace and cycle-spacing would be based
> upon? So, currently `cycle-spacing' is used like this:
>
> (cycle-spacing &optional N PRESERVE-NL-BACK MODE)
>
> And the problem is that the sign(ature) of N is used to determine
> whether to delete newlines as well. So, if N is zero, we have a
> problem.
I'm still a bit confused why you specfically want to use cycle-spacing
to delete newlines and spaces. What logic of cycle-spacing would be
applicable when N is zero? Can you give an example usage?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-01 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-27 16:18 bug#27507: [PATCH] Make `cycle-spacing' allow 'negative-zero in place of an integer Mekeor Melire
2017-06-30 1:29 ` npostavs
2017-07-01 16:17 ` Mekeor Melire
2017-07-01 18:15 ` npostavs [this message]
2017-10-17 0:25 ` Noam Postavsky
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