linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: multiple updates

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0802271059490.5059@axis700.grange>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:02:07 +0100 (CET)
From:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
To:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se, khc@...waw.pl, bhalevy.lists@...il.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: multiple updates

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:

> On Mit, 2008-02-27 at 00:40 +0100, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > 
> > > +Continuation lines are always shorter than the initial one and are
> > > +(1) indented as much as the initial line, plus (2) alignment spaces.
> > > +Spaces are used so as to not cause odd aligning for users wishing to
> > > +display tabs at sizes other than 8. In the example below, the
> > > +continuation line of the printk call therefore has two tabs of logical
> > > +indent, followed by a number of spaces to align it up.
> > 
> > Now, I think, I am not the only one using emacs. Until now the "linux" 
> > C-style fitted perfectly with the CodingStyle, now it no longer will. 
> > Namely, emacs puts as many tabs to indent the continuation line as fit 
> > (i.e., at tab width = 8 spaces it's just (extra indent / 8) tabs plus 
> > (extra indent % 8) spaces. Is there a way to make emacs behave compatibly 
> > to this proposal? If not, I would not like to have to re-indent every such 
> 
> Unless I'm misunderstanding something completely: Add "indent-tabs-mode:
> nil" in a "Local Variables:" section.
> But since Linux-style has that since ages (if not ever), that should be
> set for am emacs'ens linux-mode anyway.

I think you do misunderstand something. The "linux" emacs mode as I know 
it does for the following example

1:	function(arg1,
2:		 arg2);

in line 2 two TABs and one space. Whereas the proposal in discussion wants 
to have there one TAB and nine spaces.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski
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