Re: newline-and-indent vs. electric-indent-mode

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 24.01.2021 07:29, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > All right, filed as bug#46064.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > > I think `electric-indent-mode` is annoying in any case if the
> > > indentation code disagrees with your style.
> > True, but my present complaint is about it being annoying *twice* for the
> > same line. And if it's being annoying while point is still on that line,
> > it's marginally easier to fix.
>
> BTW, I just want to clarify that while I'm to be blamed for the current
> behavior, I'm perfectly happy if someone wants to change it.
>
> My main goal was to consolidate all those major modes's ad-hoc
> auto-indent (typically by binding RET to `newline-and-indent`) into
> a global user config, and that's done.

I've considered what default we could change, but if we wanted to set 
electric-indent-inhibit to t by default (after resolving bug#46064), 
most/all major modes should first get electric-indent-functions similar 
to #'ruby--electric-indent-p to compensate for it, and that's a 
non-trivial effort, not to mention the change in user habits.

Though we probably could generate something based on SMIE grammar, in 
modes based on it.