Re: [PATCH 2.6.8-rc2] intel8x0.c to include CK804 audio support

Denis Vlasenko
2004-07-27T06:44:24Z

On Tuesday 27 July 2004 07:57, Paul Jackson wrote:
> > For now the only fix for people using an X environment ... insert file
> > ...
>
> Another fix is to copy from a non-brain damaged window, such as a gui
> text editor window (nedit, for example).
>
> I'm guessing that the tabs are lost in the cut or copy operation, not in
> the paste operation.

because 'cut' in a xterm cannot know that those eight spaces
once were a tab. xterm is probably storing screen as a char+attr
two-dimensional array. There are no tabs, only spaces.

> But file insertion is, in general, a sufficiently winning choice that I
> think it's better just to get in the habit of always inserting patches
> that way, at least on email clients that support it.

I do it all the time.
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