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bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:56:41 -0800 |
> > But my guess is that there will be many Emacs users who
> > will be confused by this, expecting TAB to indent
> > (if not to simply insert a TAB char). Not because
> > that's what TAB did in the past in Emacs, but because
> > that's more or less the behavior many newbies are used to,
> > from other text editors.
>
> Are not most users now used to web browsers (where TAB move to next
> field)
Irrelevant here - we're talking about editing.
> or programs like LibreOffice? In the latter TAB moves to next
> tab stop.
Yes, that is what they will expect. IIUC, that is different from the cited new
indentation when the region is active.
> Most users probably never use a simple text editor today.
> So I suggest TAB stop should indent.
I think the question is just what "indent" should mean in text mode, and whether
that meaning should change when the region is active.
(But again, personally, I don't much care.)
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Chong Yidong, 2011/11/28
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Glenn Morris, 2011/11/28
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Chong Yidong, 2011/11/29
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Drew Adams, 2011/11/29
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Lennart Borgman, 2011/11/29
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Lennart Borgman, 2011/11/29
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Drew Adams, 2011/11/29
- bug#10153: 24.0.91; behavior of TAB in text modes is different, Lennart Borgman, 2011/11/29