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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: bug-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#1368: Confusing documentation for c-tab-always-indent
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:48:15 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0811181244140.16393@drom> (raw)

The docstring says:

  Note: The value of `indent-tabs-mode' will determine whether a real
  tab character will be inserted, or the equivalent number of spaces.
  When inserting a tab, actually the function stored in the variable
  `c-insert-tab-function' is called.

But this is not quite true. As far as I can tell from the code, 
indent-tabs-mode is not tested before calling c-insert-tab-function. What 
the documentation seems to mean is that if c-insert-tab-function has its 
default definition, insert-tab, then the first sentence applies. I suggest 
therefore the following paragraph in place of the above:

  The function stored in the variable `c-insert-tab-function' is called
  when a tab is to be inserted.  By default, this function is `insert-tab',
  which uses the value of `indent-tabs-mode' to determine whether a real
  tab character will be inserted, or the equivalent number of spaces.

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             reply	other threads:[~2008-11-18 11:48 UTC|newest]

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2008-11-18 11:48 ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2008-12-02  3:45   ` bug#1368: marked as done (Confusing documentation for c-tab-always-indent) Emacs bug Tracking System

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