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: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.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: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:53:40 +0800

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

> It turns out that using only a single \t does the right thing in terms
> of alignment in this case.  But shouldn't multiple \t's let you tab
> (indent) further, as they do in text buffers, doc strings, etc.?  And
> presumably \t\t should not draw a rectangle, in any case.

No. A menu is not a buffer.
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