Subject: bug#12067: 24.1; improper menu formatting with multiple \t chars

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:29:50 -0800

"Drew Adams" <[email-masked]> writes:

> emacs -Q
>
> (defcustom foo [:ascii:]
>   "..."
>   :type
>   '(choice :tag "Foobar"
>     (const :tag "A\t\t- [:ascii:]"                                [:ascii:])
>     (const :tag "Bbbbbb\t\t- [:nonascii:]"                        [:nonascii:])
>     (const :tag "Cccccccccccc\t\t- [:word:]"                      [:word:])
>     (const :tag "Dddddddddddddddddddddddddd\t\t- [:alnum:]"       [:alnum:])
>     (const :tag "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee\t- [:alpha:]" [:alpha:]))
>   :group 'convenience)
>
> M-x customize-option foo

The conclusion seems to be "tabs aren't really supported in menus".
Closing.

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