Re: Indenting the code written in square brackets as optional parameters

[Sašo Živanović]

Hi!

> Hello Arash, Ikumi and Sašo,
>
> Thanks for probing this issue so deeply and sorry for a
> delayed response.
>
> > That can be an option. I think there are 3 (or more?)
> > candidates:
> >   1. New minor mode.
> >   2. New user option.
> >   3. Leave it as is.
> > What do others think?
>
> I would definitely insist for a minor mode as this is in my
> opinion a very good and handy feature. Apart from insisting
> for the first alternative, 
I opt for #2. Because as I envision the option, it is really two 
options, where the user can list all the opening and closing delimiters 
that indentation should take into account.  Leaving the default values 
{} would then result in the original behaviour.

> I would really urge you all to
> think if there is really any case outside the math-mode
> where one would want to use incomplete brackets, i.e., using
> a [ without a ]). If there is no case where such a text
> would be used I would also request you to consider making
> this indentation the default one and only providing a minor
> mode to turn it off. As far as I see this is only useful and
> not at all harmful in the text-mode.
As I pointed out in the previous email, the situation also arises in TeX 
programming. Not every day, but still.

Best,
Sašo

> > Oh, sorry, did it? That is strange according to your
> > previous message...
>
> I don't know, but this is what happened. Maybe something is
> wrong, but anyways; as of now I have managed to compile the
> required file, so let's just forget it ;-)
>
> Best,
> निरंजन