bug#64696: 30.0.50; indent-to inherits preceding text properties, including 'invisible

[Ihor Radchenko]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Now, when we established that Emacs indentation is visual, it is clear
>> that the assumption in `indent-to' is not accurate.
>
> Since indent-to inserts only tabs and spaces, how is that assumption
> inaccurate?

Width of spaces in particular can vary depending on the text properties.
(:width and :relative-width in 41.16.2 Specified Spaces section of Elisp manual)
Width of tabs can be controlled by tabs stops (AFAIU, I am not familiar
with this feature).

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