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bug#6617: linux kernel C style (fwd)
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
bug#6617: linux kernel C style (fwd) |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:17:52 +0000 |
Hello, everybody.
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 14:16:23 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Hello Alan,
> On Sun 24 Apr 2022 at 02:50PM GMT, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > After a bit of thought, I agree with you. I think here it is better
> > just to add the setting of indent-tabs-mode to the "linux" style. Most
> > users of "linux" will have that variable set to t one way or another,
> > and so won't notice.
> > There will be a few users using the style for non-Linux projects, who
> > will be used to indent-tabs-mode being nil. That is just unfortunate.
> > I think the balance of benefits and problems comes down on the side of
> > this abrupt change.
> Right.
> > I intend to apply the following patch to cc-styles.el soon. If you
> > want to test it you're very welcome, but please note that since it
> > changes a variable, the amended CC Mode should be the first CC Mode
> > you load in the Emacs session. (Otherwise, you'll need to do fancy
> > things with `makunbound' before loading the new CC Mode.)
> I'm not in the middle of any C projects using the Linux style atm, so I
> don't think I'll be able to test, but your patch looks basically
> equivalent to the "linux-tabs" thing I was doing, so probably doesn't
> need a lot of testing. Thanks for thinking this one over!
I've now committed the change to cc-styles.el, and am closing the bug
with this post.
> --
> Sean Whitton
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).