From unknown Fri Aug 15 20:49:27 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#20346 <20346@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#20346 <20346@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.3; Variable `whitespace-style': documentation and custom choices inconsistent Reply-To: bug#20346 <20346@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 03:49:27 +0000 retitle 20346 24.3; Variable `whitespace-style': documentation and custom c= hoices inconsistent reassign 20346 emacs submitter 20346 Philipp Stephani
> From: Philipp = Stephani <p.s= tephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:17:38 +0200
>
> The documentation of the `whitespace-style' variable mentions the<= br> > following possible symbols:
>
> big-indent
> empty
> face
> indentation
> indentation::space
> indentation::tab
> lines
> lines-tail
> newline
> newline-mark
> space-after-tab
> space-after-tab::space
> space-after-tab::tab
> space-before-tab
> space-before-tab::space
> space-before-tab::tab
> space-mark
> spaces
> tab-mark
> tabs
> trailing
>
> However, the available customization choices are only:
>
> big-indent
> empty
> face
> indentation
> lines
> newline
> newline-mark
> space-after-tab
> space-before-tab
> space-mark
> spaces
> tab-mark
> tabs
> trailing
>
> Also for the type of the customization option, `set' would be more=
> appropriate than `repeat'.
I'm not sure I understand the report: are you saying that the
documentation is wrong (doesn't fit the code), or are you saying that the customize form is wrong/incomplete?
> From: Philipp = Stephani <p.s= tephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:26:21 +0000
> Cc: 20346@d= ebbugs.gnu.org
>
> From my experience the documentation is correct, and it's the cust= omization
> option list that's incomplete. I can send a patch if you like.
Please do, and thanks!