On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Thank you for the patch. It is certainly better than what we have
> actually.
>
> Some comments follow.
>
[snip]
Thanks for the comments, and sorry for the delay in re-submitting!
Hopefully I followed your explanation; I tried to incorporate what
would be relevant in understanding the variable's behavior without
getting too caught in summarizing internals that aren't really
necessary for using the variable successfully.
Let me know if you have further suggestions on the change.
Best regards,
John
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
From db2109a1fee1fe62dbfbdd0c97e8cf4f6892d74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Henderson <jw.he...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:23:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] modified documentation for org-src-preserve-indentation
---
doc/org.texi | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/org.texi b/doc/org.texi
index 7e66034..42c76b0 100644
--- a/doc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/org.texi
@@ -13804,8 +13804,13 @@ can be used to map arbitrary language names to existing major modes.
@item org-src-window-setup
Controls the way Emacs windows are rearranged when the edit buffer is created.
@item org-src-preserve-indentation
-This variable is especially useful for tangling languages such as
-Python, in which whitespace indentation in the output is critical.
+By default, the value is @code{nil}, which means that when code blocks are
+evaluated during export or tangled, they are re-inserted into the code block,
+which may replace sequences of spaces with tab characters. When non-nil,
+whitespace in code blocks will be preserved during export or tangling,
+exactly as it appears. This variable is especially useful for tangling
+languages such as Python, in which whitespace indentation in the output is
+critical.
@item org-src-ask-before-returning-to-edit-buffer
By default, Org will ask before returning to an open edit buffer. Set this
variable to @code{nil} to switch without asking.
--
1.9.0
