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Re: master 8f91fe3: Set indent-tabs-mode for c-mode in .dir-locals.el
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Basil L. Contovounesios |
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Re: master 8f91fe3: Set indent-tabs-mode for c-mode in .dir-locals.el |
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Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:35:10 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> blc@savannah.gnu.org (Basil L. Contovounesios) writes:
>>>
>>>> branch: master
>>>> commit 8f91fe3063c1a4523520624054458229cc376d9b
>>>> Author: Basil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie>
>>>> Commit: Basil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie>
>>>>
>>>> Set indent-tabs-mode for c-mode in .dir-locals.el
>>>>
>>>> * .dir-locals.el (c-mode): Enforce existing indent-tabs-mode
>>>> policy. (Bug#34765)
>>>
>>> What existing 'indent-tabs-mode' policy? Last time this came up I
>>> thought it had been decided that there wasn't one for C, only for
>>> elisp.
>>
>> I have seen Eli and others request several times that C code remain
>> indented with a mixture of tabs and spaces, aka the default value of
>> indent-tabs-mode. By comparison, indent-tabs-mode is set to nil for
>> Elisp code, although not all contributors follows this convention.
>>
>
> Iʼve seen Eli and others request that people not randomly reformat
> existing code outside changes they're making according to their
> setting of indent-tabs-mode, which is not quite the same thing.
Indeed, they're not the same, and they're not mutually exclusive either.
> I donʼt think we have an explicit policy written down anywhere.
Until now. ;) (unless you count the mailing lists)
--
Basil