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Emacs whitespace mode

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Message #17 received at 18548 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Nathaniel Braun <nathaniel.braun <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Kip Coul <kipcoul <at> gmail.com>, Jack Morrison <JackMorrison1 <at> gmail.com>,
 18548 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18548: Emacs whitespace mode
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:43:02 +0100

Hi Nathaniel,

Nathaniel Braun <nathaniel.braun <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for your e-mail. However, no, it does not fix my problem.
> Please see https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WhiteSpace#toc9
>
> There you can read the following:
>
>             ;; WARNING: the mapping below has a problem.
>             ;; When a TAB occupies exactly one column, it will display
> the character
>             ;; ?\xBB at that column followed by a TAB which goes to the next TAB
>             ;; column.
>             ;; If this is a problem for you, please, comment the line below.
>             ;;(tab-mark   ?\t   [?\xBB ?\t] [?\\ ?\t]) ; tab
>
> This is exactly my issue! When a tab is one character, I need it to
> occupy one character, not one character plus a tab.

Did any of the workarounds described on the linked page work for you?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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