When `semantic-idle-summary-mode` is active in c-mode and the cursor is on an empty line, the cursor is moved to the next non-empty line when `semantic-idle-summary-mode`'s eldoc function executes. I think this was introduced after commit 2987376bc3 with the introduction of the `eldoc-documentation-functions` hook. From emacs -Q 1. open a buffer in c-mode 2. enable `semantic-mode`, `eldoc-mode`, and `semantic-idle-summary-mode` 3. Move cursor to empty line, eg. '|' in int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { | return 0; } 4. Idle momentarily to allow eldoc to run In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2021-03-07 built on noah-M51AC Repository revision: c1f4a16cf3d71aa3f67c1c209e7060dc71afc545 Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12009000 System Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-modules --with-xwidgets' Configured features: CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBSELINUX LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS X11 XDBE XIM XPM XWIDGETS GTK3 ZLIB Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: C/*l Minor modes in effect: global-semanticdb-minor-mode: t global-semantic-idle-scheduler-mode: t semantic-idle-summary-mode: t semantic-idle-scheduler-mode: t semantic-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message rmc puny dired dired-loaddefs rfc822 mml mml-sec epa derived epg epg-config gnus-util rmail rmail-loaddefs auth-source password-cache json map text-property-search time-date subr-x mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils semantic/edit cus-start cus-load semantic/tag-file cl-extra help-mode semantic/db-file data-debug ring cedet-files semantic/bovine/c semantic/decorate/include semantic/decorate/mode semantic/decorate pulse hideif semantic/bovine/c-by semantic/lex-spp semantic/bovine/gcc semantic/dep semantic/bovine semantic/analyze/refs semantic/db-find semantic/db-ref semantic/db-mode semantic/idle semantic/analyze semantic/sort semantic/scope semantic/analyze/fcn semantic/db eieio-base cl-seq seq semantic/format ezimage semantic/tag-ls semantic/find semantic/ctxt semantic/util-modes semantic/util semantic pp semantic/tag semantic/lex semantic/fw eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cconv eieio-core cl-macs gv eieio-loaddefs mode-local find-func cedet cc-mode cc-fonts cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs cl-loaddefs cl-lib iso-transl tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel term/x-win x-win term/common-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list replace newcomment text-mode elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page tab-bar menu-bar rfn-eshadow isearch easymenu timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core term/tty-colors frame minibuffer cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese composite charscript charprop case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev obarray cl-preloaded nadvice button loaddefs faces cus-face macroexp files window text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote threads xwidget-internal dbusbind inotify lcms2 dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting cairo move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 110450 13191) (symbols 48 14119 1) (strings 32 36471 2341) (string-bytes 1 1299327) (vectors 16 21234) (vector-slots 8 275385 9904) (floats 8 31 340) (intervals 56 255 0) (buffers 992 12))