GNU bug report logs - #12067
24.1; improper menu formatting with multiple \t chars

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:58:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12067 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12067: 24.1; improper menu formatting with multiple \t chars
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:29:50 -0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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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