GNU bug report logs - #16985
indent-for-tab-command error messages could mention line numbers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:57:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 16985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16985: indent-for-tab-command error messages could mention line numbers
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:43:00 -0400

> TAB (translated from <tab>) runs the command indent-for-tab-command,
> Its messages,
> forward-sexp: Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 1970, 1
> would be improved if they could also mention line numbers and not just
> apparently byte numbers. E.g.,
> Unbalanced parentheses at line 34 column 33.

Traditionally TAB does not signal an error for unbalanced parentheses.
It may indirectly signal such a problem by indenting to "a weird place".

IOW, please tell us in which case you got the above error, so we can
catch it and turn it into a non-error.


        Stefan
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