Re: M-\ does not work with prefix argument as documented

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
> By the way, what is confusing to me is the fact that the diff output
> does not reflect the indentation of the code correctly.  Please have a
> look at the progn command, in the code the lines below progn are
> indented with 2 additional spaces.

Such visual distortions arise due to tabs in the code, which is the
default (see indent-tabs-mode).  Each line of the diff output starts
with 2 additional characters (<, >, +, -, or !, then a space); that may
or may not result in the subsequent printable characters being displayed
2 columns to the right, depending on whether any intervening tabs get
pushed past the next (8-column) tab stop.

I know it's disconcerting, but you just have to learn to ignore it.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA