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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : indentation
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:28:08 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfszbl5z3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvv987eaxu.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:23:08 -0400")

>>> I know full well that it disagrees with some users, but
>>> there has been surprisingly few complaints over this change,
>> It's easy enough to turn it off - that's the point.  The
>> default doesn't matter a lot.  But to say that few people
>> complained about the change is wrong - misleading, IMHO.
>
> AFAIK there are 3 types of users: those who want it ON, those who want it
> OFF and those who don't care.  I'm not sure how those are spread
> statistically, but the number of complaints I've seen since the feature
> was turned ON suggests that the first type is a small minority.

Hmm... I think this came out wrong ;-)
I meant the second type is a small minority.

It might still be the case that the first type is an even smaller
minority, of course, but I find it hard to believe that the 3rd type
would be such an overwhelming majority of Emacs users.


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-27 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-27  7:03 indentation ptlo
2021-04-27  7:25 ` indentation Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-27 15:45   ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-27 16:06     ` indentation Colin Baxter
2021-04-27 18:43       ` indentation Thibaut Verron
2021-04-27 19:00         ` indentation Colin Baxter
2021-04-27 19:20           ` indentation Thibaut Verron
2021-04-27 20:02             ` indentation Colin Baxter
2021-04-28  8:36               ` indentation Thibaut Verron
2021-04-27  9:30 ` indentation Gregory Heytings
2021-04-27  9:47   ` indentation Joost Kremers
2021-04-27 16:55     ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27 22:12       ` indentation Gregory Heytings
2021-04-27 15:01 ` [External] : indentation Drew Adams
2021-04-27 17:04   ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27 17:54     ` Drew Adams
2021-04-27 20:23       ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27 22:28         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-04-27 17:07 ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-27 18:29   ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-27 20:31     ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-28  6:32       ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-28  6:42         ` indentation Joost Kremers
2021-04-28 14:14         ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-29  7:14           ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-29 13:43             ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-29 14:23               ` indentation Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-04-29 21:38                 ` on interface and behavior (Was: Re: indentation) Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-04-30  7:53                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-01 13:30                     ` on interface and behavior Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-04-30  7:05               ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-30  7:58                 ` indentation Philip Kaludercic
2021-04-30  8:54                   ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-30  9:09                     ` indentation Thibaut Verron
2021-04-30  9:18                       ` indentation ptlo
2021-04-30 16:49                 ` [External] : indentation Drew Adams
2021-04-30 19:05                 ` indentation Jean Louis
2021-04-30 19:59                   ` indentation Stefan Monnier
2021-04-30 21:58                 ` indentation Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-04-29 21:14           ` indentation Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-04-30 20:17             ` indentation Tassilo Horn
2021-05-01 13:43               ` indentation Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-02  7:20                 ` indentation Tassilo Horn
2021-05-04 21:03                   ` indentation Wayne Harris via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-05-05  1:46                     ` indentation Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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