The following code does not indent correctly (IMHO) with octave-mode: vec = [... one;... two;... three]; What I get is this: vec = [... one;... two;... three]; Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars) of 2013-03-21 on alum.local Package: Emacs version 24.3.1 current state: ============== (setq octave-blink-matching-block t octave-block-offset 2 octave-comment-char 35 octave-continuation-offset 4 octave-continuation-string "..." octave-send-echo-input t octave-send-line-auto-forward t octave-send-show-buffer t ) -- Tom Olin Senior Systems Engineer | PAR Government Systems Corporation 315.356.2142 | tom_olin@partech.com | http://pargovernment.com