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bug#35647: Documentation and implementation of (move-to-column <n> t) di
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#35647: Documentation and implementation of (move-to-column <n> t) differ. |
Date: |
Thu, 09 May 2019 17:04:19 +0300 |
> Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 10:48:50 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> What the code in Fmove_to_column actually does is to delete the tab,
> insert enough spaces to get to column <n>, then calls Findent_to to
> finish the indentation to <n>. Findent_to uses a tab when
> indent-tabs-mode is non-nil.
>
> My feeling here is that the documentation rather than the code should be
> amended. To amend the code would make it more difficult for
> uncomment-region to restore a tab character which has been earlier
> manipulated by comment-region. (See also bug #35600.)
Would you mind preparing a documentation patch for this issue?
Thanks.