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Re: A small simplification


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: A small simplification
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:51:16 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux)

Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

> I guess we cannot have
>       echo "             " >confdefs.h
> because a smart editor might replace the spaces with tabs.

That patch addresses the problem of a "smart" editor breaking
general.m4.  But it doesn't address the problem of a "smart" editor
breaking "configure", which is a more likely (and more troublesome)
matter.  Perhaps we should leave well enough alone.




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