GNU bug report logs - #20346
24.3; Variable `whitespace-style': documentation and custom choices inconsistent

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20346: 24.3;
 Variable `whitespace-style': documentation and custom
 choices	inconsistent
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:19:02 +0300

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:17:38 +0200
> 
> The documentation of the `whitespace-style' variable mentions the
> 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?

Thanks.

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