Re: Variable-width font indentation

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 2018-03-07 13:26, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Note that 'space' display property supports values
> that are symbols, in which case it uses the symbol's value -- this
> allows Lisp programs to change the value of a buffer-local binding of
> the symbol, and have the indentation change at the next redisplay
> cycle (a.k.a. "immediately").  Doesn't that provide a better way for
> controlling indentation than font-lock style scanning of the visible
> portion of the buffer "just in time"?

Sorry, I missed this email before.
Yes, this sounds pretty good, and I understand the reticence to depending on 
font-lock.