emacs/info/dir

emacs/info/dir

[Johan Bockgård]

  revision 1.34
  date: 2006-01-27 18:48:05 +0000;  author: eliz;  state: Exp;  lines: +30 -29
  Untabify the whole file.

Why was this change made? It breaks the search for "[,\n\t]" in
info.el.

-- 
Johan Bockgård

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd?=)
> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:32:17 +0100
> 
> 
>   revision 1.34
>   date: 2006-01-27 18:48:05 +0000;  author: eliz;  state: Exp;  lines: +30 -29
>   Untabify the whole file.
> 
> Why was this change made?

Because I think an Info file shouldn't have TABs in it.

> It breaks the search for "[,\n\t]" in info.el.

If you mean the TABs I erroneously removed in the Node line, then I'm
sorry for my mistake.  I've fixed this in CVS now.

If you mean something else, please explain.

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Richard M. Stallman]

    > Why was this change made?

    Because I think an Info file shouldn't have TABs in it.

Why not?  There is nothing wrong with tab characters in examples,
as far as I know.  Anyway, why does it bother you if it has
tab characters?

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:57:08 -0500
> 
>     > Why was this change made?
> 
>     Because I think an Info file shouldn't have TABs in it.
> 
> Why not?

Because Texinfo mode sets indent-tabs-mode to nil.

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Richard M. Stallman]

    >     Because I think an Info file shouldn't have TABs in it.
    > 
    > Why not?

    Because Texinfo mode sets indent-tabs-mode to nil.

That is for the sake of passing the file to TeX.
It has nothing to do with Info files.

So I don't see any reason to untabify info files.
Perhaps you should take that change out.
Did it solve any real problem?

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:25:57 -0500
> 
>     >     Because I think an Info file shouldn't have TABs in it.
>     > 
>     > Why not?
> 
>     Because Texinfo mode sets indent-tabs-mode to nil.
> 
> That is for the sake of passing the file to TeX.
> It has nothing to do with Info files.

But it has the side effect of producing Info files with no TABs.

> So I don't see any reason to untabify info files.
> Perhaps you should take that change out.

Why? it didn't hurt anything (modulo my stupid taking out the TABs in
the Node line, which is now fixed).

> Did it solve any real problem?

Spurious diffs when comparing to DIR created/rearranged by
install-info.

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Richard M. Stallman]

    But it has the side effect of producing Info files with no TABs.

Yes, it does, but so what?

    > So I don't see any reason to untabify info files.
    > Perhaps you should take that change out.

    Why? it didn't hurt anything (modulo my stupid taking out the TABs in
    the Node line, which is now fixed).

Because it might hurt something, and there is no reason for it.

    > Did it solve any real problem?

    Spurious diffs when comparing to DIR created/rearranged by
    install-info.

I don't follow.  Would you please be less terse?

It seems to me that there will always be variations in the results
obtained by running install-info, because the order of installing
various manuals will vary.

Re: emacs/info/dir

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:09:35 -0500
> 
>     Spurious diffs when comparing to DIR created/rearranged by
>     install-info.
> 
> I don't follow.  Would you please be less terse?

I meant diffs due to white space.

Anyway, I don't think this little issue justifies such a prolonged
discussion.  If you want to take the change out, go ahead, and let's
move on.  We have more important things to do with our time.