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tab-width's docstring

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48058: tab-width's docstring
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:32:21 +0300

> From: Gustavo Barros <gusbrs.2016 <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 48058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:14:50 -0300
> 
> I didn't expect anything different to happen.  It is just that 
> `tab-width' is determining more than just the "display width of the TAB 
> character": if you (or the major-mode for you) are indenting with spaces 
> the content of the buffer is different according to `tab-width', it not 
> just a matter of "display".
> 
> But I see your point, and perhaps the docstring is clearer to someone 
> more seasoned than myself, and avoids other pitfalls along the way which 
> I do not even see.  Hopefully, it will feel just as clear to me someday. 
> ;-)

Fair enough, let's see if there are other opinions about this.

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