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bug#16763: 24.3.50; electric-indent annoyance: C-j doesn't indent
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T. V. Raman |
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bug#16763: 24.3.50; electric-indent annoyance: C-j doesn't indent |
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Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:48:53 -0800 |
The source code docs need to be fixed too
>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> This has been bothering me for a while when writing lisp
>> code -- started happening roughly a few months ago.
Drew>
Drew> Yup.
Drew>
>> I always hit C-j for newline, and a couple of months ago,
>> this stopped indenting -- by default C-j runs control j
>> runs the command electric-indent-just-newline when
>> electric-indent-mode is on.
>>
>> The documentation for electric-mode indicates that
>> indentation will be invoked when you type any of the chars
>> in electric-indent-chars -- and that variable is set to a
>> list containing ?\n which is ascii 10; yet, C-j invokes a
>> command that explicitly only inserts a newline? (feeling
>> very confused)
Drew>
Drew> It is not yet reflected in NEWS or the manuals, but
Drew> `C-j' and `RET' have been effectively swapped: `RET'
Drew> now indents and `C-j' does not indent.
Drew>
Drew> The new behavior was apparently adopted to make Emacs
Drew> correspond better with what newbie users expect, based
Drew> on their experience with other editors and IDEs.
Drew>
Drew> You are not alone in "feeling very
Drew> confused". Hopefully, the NEWS entry covering this, and
Drew> perhaps the manuals, will explain the best and simplest
Drew> way to restore the previous, longstanding behavior for
Drew> those who might prefer it. Otherwise, you can just
Drew> retrain your fingers. ;-)