On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 12:14 PM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> > I use C-o (usually followed by C-n) many times a day, instead of
> >> > <Enter>, in order to suppress re-indentation of the current line in
> >> > cases where that re-indentation will be incorrect for my purposes**.
> >>
> >> Oh, I see -- it's useful as an alternative to `RET' exactly when
> >> re-indentation does the wrong thing?
> >
> > Yes, but not only that -- it doesn't move point to the next line,
> > unlike RET.
>
> Right, but in the use case described, the `C-o' is followed by `C-n', so
> it's just to suppress faulty re-indentation, apparently.
>
> And I think that's a valid use case -- Emacs does get these things wrong
> now and then, and having an escape hatch readily available seems
> useful.  Perhaps the doc string of `RET' (i.e., `newline-and-indent' in
> most modes) should mention (and link to) to `C-o'?
>

I'm having a hard time finding a behavior difference between `C-o C-n' and
`C-j' in these contexts. Can someone help me understand the difference?

Thanks in advance,
~Chad