From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: James Cloos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Variable-width font indentation Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:18:12 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87inaiss6l.fsf@web.de> <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> <83r2otumg6.fsf@gnu.org> <015c9878-2955-5ef9-cb05-a066b59c085f@cs.ucla.edu> <83o9jxueu5.fsf@gnu.org> <83ina4uysg.fsf@gnu.org> <83ina3u2dt.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1520720190 32410 195.159.176.226 (10 Mar 2018 22:16:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:16:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: cpitclaudel@gmail.com, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 10 23:16:26 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 1eummv-0008Iz-OC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:16:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52155 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eumoy-00045P-G2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:18:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58685) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eumop-000458-Nf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:18:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eumoo-0005nL-S9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:18:23 -0500 Original-Received: from ore.jhcloos.com ([2604:2880::b24d:a297]:41566) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eumom-0005mP-Vv; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:18:21 -0500 Original-Received: by ore.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id 5FCE71E667; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:18:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=ore17; t=1520720299; bh=jojTzkMyxtTXGCUqY7UfrE99uFk4in4qRLoL8p984bE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=unTlRyVlgLJu2pE8uosIkjjqVQH+NfJvLVyYd3E5iDOvvX1j1jbSmx3iVbHzAOmZ+ c/8+2yI45iyGCOsglKEVxxc6fbp50kg0aK/9oronSZ4aFU5ycQQAR8NdOli3Sb7DIe 157cId/lOai7dPrH5F7lDQxCtEMfaCq8DxPfOVe6v5SHr5buLBqTyWj/HeBLgyoeps Io/buf9gwEEw76ZTV1VpERPe9OU3iEoRAzRtceBPwMlIZdMebZUraLsglTUnxGOaVj zkNdLcUjMRDULab2itUpoQxM1btFn25ATR9E5/PccWwMFk+LfpFuWDwzMIdC+S6vvq HP5HdWAvY0+3w== Original-Received: by carbon.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id AD02B10A6FF29; Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:18:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <83ina3u2dt.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2018 22:00:46 +0200") Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAgMAAABinRfyAAAACVBMVEX///8ZGXBQKKnCrDQ3 AAAAJElEQVQImWNgQAAXzwQg4SKASgAlXIEEiwsSIYBEcLaAtMEAADJnB+kKcKioAAAAAElFTkSu QmCC Copyright: Copyright 2018 James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6; url=https://jhcloos.com/public_key/0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Original-Lines: 18 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2604:2880::b24d:a297 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:223602 Archived-At: >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii writes: EZ> Then I really don't understand why you think it's a good start. I EZ> think it's a step in the wrong direction, because it will make things EZ> worse than they are now: what we have now makes sure the initial EZ> whitespace changes in sync on all lines of the buffer, so that the EZ> first non-whitespace characters on each line stay aligned. I have not re-compiled in a while, nor did I read the whole thread. Perhaps things have progressed since the version I currently have. Consistent and not-too-small indenting is important. Basing indents on the width of the fixed pitch space and tab stops on a multiple of that would help, compared to what the version I have does. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6