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bug#8189: 24.0.50; indenting region with TAB deactivates region
From: |
Gregor Zattler |
Subject: |
bug#8189: 24.0.50; indenting region with TAB deactivates region |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:15:23 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
Hi Stefan,
* Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> [06. Mar. 2011]:
>> This bug report is about deactivating the region. I don't know if it's
>> easy to fix this but it would be nice if it would be possible to indent
>> the region several times by simply hitting TAB several times.
>
> The command usually bound to TAB is really meant for programming
> languages, where it indents to "The Correct Indentation", so repeating
> it makes no sense.
I see. I don't program but it's the same in org-mode.
> We could make it repeatable in text-mode buffers, but I suspect that
> you'd also want to be able to "fine-tune" it or to un-indent in
> a similar way, so maybe you want a more comprehensive solution.
If there is no spacial structure (programming, lists, outlines)
simply indenting as often as TAB is pressed seems very natural to
me.
Thanks again, Gregor
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