# I accidentally tagged this bug instead of #385 before
tags 385 + patch
quit

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> This is a regression introduced after Emacs 20 (perhaps after 21).
>
> Emacs should not indent the first `;;' comment line here by a space.
> That does no good and interferes with alignment of a multi-line
> comments and multiple separate comments that are on the same level.
>
> (let* ( ;; If FOOBAR then blah the blahdy blah and other blahs if blah,
>        ;; blah, or blah.  Unless, that is, blah, blah, or blah.
>        (the-tatas (bar-bar-toto-babar foo1 foo2 foo3))
>        ...)
>
> In Emacs 20, this is the result - no extra space inserted.  The two
> comment lines, which are logically at the same level, and in this case
> are part of a single multi-line comment, are aligned vertically.
>
> (let* (;; If FOOBAR then blah the blahdy blah and other blahs if blah,
>        ;; blah, or blah.  Unless, that is, blah, blah, or blah.
>        (the-tatas (bar-bar-toto-babar foo1 foo2 foo3))
>        ...)


This was introduced in [1: bdbe3a8995].  I think in most contexts, it
makes sense to put the space, but it definitely looks wrong in a lisp
let.  Here's patch to override the alignment for comments following an
open in paren in lisp modes.  It requires the patch I posted for #385.