Re: python-mode (python.el): python-backspace

[Karl Chen]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
    Richard>     Programming modes typically use
    Richard>     `backward-delete-char-untabify', not
    Richard>     `delete-backward-char', though some bind it to
    Richard>     something different.
    Richard> 
    Richard> This redefinition is ok because it fits with the
    Richard> description that DEL deletes one character backwards.
    Richard> It reinterprets "one character" in a legitimate way.
    Richard> 
    Richard> However, to describe the current Python mode
    Richard> definition as "deleting one character backwards" is
    Richard> clearly untrue.  That redefinition does not
    Richard> reinterpret the description.  This command does a
    Richard> different job, not the same job.

If you were willing to interpret tabs as single characters in some
modes, one could argue that in Python, <python-indent number of
spaces> at the beginning of lines is really a substitute for a
TAB.  People think of indenting as pressing TAB (not 4 spaces),
and actual tabs are discouraged from use because of their
ambiguity.

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Karl 2004-05-19 09:24