From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerd_M=F6llmann?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tab widths with a remapped default face Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:34:15 +0200 Message-ID: <737B88A9-5868-4C13-A1DD-36520CDB40A8@t-online.de> References: <6163snp2bo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212780921 18346 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2008 19:35:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Gerd Moellmann , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 21:36:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K4hjE-000085-2X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:36:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37286 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4hiR-0008K1-AS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4hi2-00082L-W0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K4hhz-0007yl-Ob for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33956 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K4hhz-0007yc-H8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout09.t-online.de ([194.25.134.84]:33437) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K4hhr-0006qE-2H; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd35.aul.t-online.de by mailout09.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 1K4hho-0005fD-01; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:34:32 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.2.25] (VbThpBZXrhSLJDXl3plEvWbSXhkoCYVe0xZAqx4WjL5hKOmQQ131gZaligpZdF8Q3G@[87.144.186.218]) by fwd35.t-online.de with esmtp id 1K4hhX-0pztOC0; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:34:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) X-ID: VbThpBZXrhSLJDXl3plEvWbSXhkoCYVe0xZAqx4WjL5hKOmQQ131gZaligpZdF8Q3G X-TOI-MSGID: dcdf7fdf-8a11-4d95-8809-a3d27d15ba85 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98537 Archived-At: On 06.06.2008, at 09:53, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Using the TAB face for tab-width calculation seems much likely to >> preserve the local integrity of indentation (using the default face >> means that mixed space and tab indentation will often not be the >> same as >> space-only indentation). It seems a bit more intuitive to me as >> well. > >> However, if there is a significant case where using the default >> face for >> calculations is better, it would be good to know it, but it seems a >> bit >> silly to make decisions based on vague recollections. > > I think the issue was vertical alignment of elements on different > lines, > using different faces. E.g. a first (header) line in one face, > followed by various lines in some other face. > > OTOH, you can usually add a `default' face to the TABs to impose the > use > of a uniform tab size, so maybe it's not a real problem. > Maybe Gerd remembers? I'm afraid I don't remember that. Maybe I thought it was more compatible with how previous Emacs versions worked.