bug#48058: tab-width's docstring

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 48058 + patch
thanks

Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016@gmail.com> writes:

>>> Perhaps we could change the docstring note along the lines of:
>>>
>>>     NOTE: Some major modes use this variable to determine an
>>>     indentation
>>>     step, but Emacs itself only uses this to display the width of a
>>>     TAB
>>>     character.
>>>
>>> Would something like that make sense?
>>
>> Something like that, yes.  Perhaps just making the original text less
>> definitive will do as well.
>
> Just chiming in to say I'm following the discussion attentively, but
> have nothing to add.  Both Stefan's and Eli's suggestions look like
> improvements to me.  And I'll be happy with what you come up with.

How does the attached patch look?

0001-Clarify-docstring-of-tab-width-variable.patch
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