Re: [PATCH] filediff: Display offset with tabs expanded in the status bar

[Simon Marchi <simon marchi polymtl ca>]

On 2017-04-11 16:07, Kai Willadsen wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to do this! I think the idea is good, but I
> feel like this can be simpler. Because we're using GtkSourceView (and
> not just plain GtkTextView), we have the
> GtkSource.View.get_visual_column() API, which I think does what you
> want.

Thanks for the tip!

> Also, I don't personally see the value in showing both the
> expanded-tab and the actual character offset. I checked several other
> text editors, and all the ones I looked at showed only the visual
> column (i.e., with tabs expanded). This would also neatly avoid the
> translation issue you pointed out, since the string doesn't need to
> change.

I wanted to avoid changing anyone's workflow, but I agree with you.  I 
don't see the use of the byte offset.

Sending a v2 right now.

Simon