From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: indent-tabs-mode in dir-locals Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:19:07 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1ik59b527r.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231042758 30267 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2009 04:19:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 04:19:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 04 05:20:28 2009 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 1LJKTU-0008RT-9F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:20:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57253 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LJKSE-0002i8-On for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJKSA-0002hb-Dc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LJKS9-0002hC-Kx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57027 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LJKS9-0002h6-Gk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout1.012.net.il ([84.95.2.1]:56424) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LJKS7-00028M-8h; Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:03 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout1.012.net.il by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KCX00100I507P00@i-mtaout1.012.net.il>; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:19:02 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.220.202]) by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KCX00JOSINPGC40@i-mtaout1.012.net.il>; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:19:02 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <1ik59b527r.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:107566 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:44:56 -0500 > > > I would like to ask for indent-tabs-mode to be removed from > .dir.locals.el. The most recent discussion on this subject I am aware > of said: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-03/msg00820.html > > space-vs-tabs-vs-aliens doesn't matter, as long as it's indented to > the right position. That's my opinion on this matter. > > (based on which I untabified the files I maintain) > > I had believed the unwritten rule till now was "respect whatever the > file currently uses" (which there should be a setting for; but that's > a wishlist item). I believe the convention in the Emacs sources is to use the default value of indent-tabs-mode.