I've told you my decision. Please drop this issue.
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> From: Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:28:45 -0400
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> >> the TABs in info buffers don't come from Emacs but from actual info
> >> files (generated by makeinfo, or insta
On 6/2/05, Drew Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TAB characters are a pretty standard part of Emacs culture; a
> restriction on their use would require enforcement to be effective. A
> program that doesn't deal with tabs is likely to experience them
> anyway.
>
> The same argume
>> the TABs in info buffers don't come from Emacs but from actual info
>> files (generated by makeinfo, or install-info, or by hand).
> install-info doesn't change the Info files it installs in any way.
It does: the "dir" file.
Stefan
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> From: Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:28:48 -0400
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> the TABs in info buffers don't come from Emacs but from actual info
> files (generated by makeinfo, or install-info, or by hand).
install-info doesn't change t
I don't have a problem serious enough to warrent the change. I just don't
see why Info should have TABs. I don't suggest this as an urgent or
important problem, but as something that might be changed over time. If
there is no reason for Info to use TABS, then why use them?
They mak
AFAICT these are different situations: the TABs in info buffers
don't come
from Emacs but from actual info files (generated by makeinfo, or
install-info, or by hand).
True. And some Info files available have nothing to do with Emacs. And some
have nothing to do with GNU.
So perhap
> The same argument could be made for *Help*, or Dired, or *Apropos*, or
> *Buffer List*, or Those buffers don't use TABs, but there is no
> "restriction on their use" or any explicit "enforcement" to not use TABs,
> AFAIK.
AFAICT these are different situations: the TABs in info buffers don't
> If there is no reason for Info to use TABS, then why use them?
TAB characters are a pretty standard part of Emacs culture; a
restriction on their use would require enforcement to be effective. A
program that doesn't deal with tabs is likely to experience them
anyway.
The sa
On 6/1/05, Drew Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't have a problem serious enough to warrent the change. I just don't
> see why Info should have TABs. I don't suggest this as an urgent or
> important problem, but as something that might be changed over time. If
> there is no reason for Info
The TABs are not useful (not needed), they are not used
systematically (a
mix is used within single menu items), and their presence
can complicate the
processing of Info buffers by other programs and Lisp functions.
Handling files with tabs is not very h
The TABs are not useful (not needed), they are not used systematically (a
mix is used within single menu items), and their presence can complicate the
processing of Info buffers by other programs and Lisp functions.
Handling files with tabs is not very hard. Could you please show
an e
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