From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Variable-width font indentation Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 20:35:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83r2otumg6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87inaiss6l.fsf@web.de> <6FCF6ACA-4F29-4B6B-BE9D-D7130C6E9495@gnu.org> <87fu5moe4c.fsf@web.de> <877eqyocro.fsf@web.de> <83zi3uz4nb.fsf@gnu.org> <0b1dd3fa-e0b0-ed20-a256-dd92d1c1826f@dancol.org> <8bc3c4c7-dfc7-987a-95e7-bd309e2326c6@cs.ucla.edu> <03118DC0-39DA-4AB5-980E-A33809B9A5EE@raeburn.org> <83vaeas8uz.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgf6s3aa.fsf@gnu.org> <838tb5rxoe.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgf5q73p.fsf@gnu.org> <4742f0ae-86b5-48f9-4601-4dbba9e6380d@gmail.com> <83bmfzreaq.fsf@gnu.org> <83lgf3przh.fsf@gnu.org> <42d0c18b-8d14-bfe2-8f09-112787e8b0b4@gmail.com> <83zi3io9tr.fsf@gnu.org> <859ec725-acc3-22e4-ca26-28108c3e5e26@gmail.com> <83sh9ao086.fsf@gnu.org> <83muzhodkx.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1520620725 4152 195.159.176.226 (9 Mar 2018 18:38:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 18:38:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cpitclaudel@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 09 19:38:41 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1euMub-0000w4-G1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 19:38:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47372 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euMwe-0001aU-F0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:40:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euMrI-0006qz-07 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:35:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euMrE-0006tw-38 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:35:11 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41481) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1euMrD-0006ts-Uk; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:35:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1905 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1euMrC-0002YU-IZ; Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:35:07 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:52:28 -0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:223555 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:52:28 -0800 > > If the objection is that different blocks of code are indented > differently (e.g., an if-part might be indented slightly differently > from the corresponding then-part), then I agree that might irritate some > users. However, the irritation is quite small to me, and I imagine it > wouldn't bother other users much either Well, it bothers me a lot, to the degree that I don't think it could fly. > Of course other display algorithms are possible, but I haven't seen any > other improvement proposed for variable-pitch fonts that is nearly as > simple and easy to understand. Simplicity is a virtue here. Simplicity is a virtue if it gets the job done. This particular suggestion doesn't, IMO.