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Re: Modify text appearance (put spaces after commas just for display)


From: Alberto Luaces
Subject: Re: Modify text appearance (put spaces after commas just for display)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:08:25 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux)

tomás writes:

> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:14:05PM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
>> tomás wrote:
>> 
>> > I think the OP didn't want to change the text
>> > itself, but just its display/appearance.
>> 
>> So it will look one way and be another?
>> Why would you do that?
>
> Why wouldn't you?
>
> (yah, snotty reply, sorry. What I mean is... we do that all the time,
> with syntax highlighting, moving the debugger "spot" around, Customize
> (yes, we know you don't like that one). If you press me, hey, UTF-8.
>
> What you see in your editor is already the result of layers upon layers
> of representation and cheating (newline? tab? C'm on! ;)
>
> The nice thing about Emacs is that it not only caters for my (or your)
> needs :-)

Yes, tomás is right with his complete explanation.  I would just add
another hint:

glasses-mode

read about it and you will find the entire rationale :-)

-- 
Alberto




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