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bug#6617: linux kernel C style (fwd)
From: |
Sean Whitton |
Subject: |
bug#6617: linux kernel C style (fwd) |
Date: |
Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:16:23 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Notmuch/0.35 Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
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!
--
Sean Whitton