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Emacs whitespace mode

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Message #20 received at 18548 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nathaniel Braun <nathaniel.braun <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
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: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:24:37 +0200

Thank you.

The workaround mentioned here simply deletes the tab visualization, it
does not actually fix the issue.

How can I help fix this?

Thank you

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 10:43 PM Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> wrote:
>
> 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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