From: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com>
To: PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [emacs] tabs, spaces, and indentation
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:12:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTikR_H3jB1oM+EOLLhqTOyCnDswFEu39OyLGr7Ti@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimYx2SnjHT=qAiX6ND9cJLrFvO3PeyWMdwZmpHm@mail.gmail.com>
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>
> > Setting indent-line-function and indent-region-function doesn't seem
> > to do a damn thing, but (local-set-key "\t" 'self-insert-command)
> > works for #1 when it's called after you've switched to the major mode
> > you're using.
> >
> > Also, if you configure tab-always-indent to nil Tab will only indent
> > if the cursor is at the start of the line. You can always insert a
> > literal tab with C-q Tab.
> >
> > Dunno what to do about #2. The help docs lead me to believe setting
> > indent-line-function and indent-region-function is the answer, but
> > like I said those don't seem to do anything.
>
> I guess there isn't an easier way to do it, because a few hours after
> I wrote this somebody posted a proposal on emacs-devel for making #2
> easier to turn on and off, because right now every major mode does it
> it's own way. (Personally, I'd also prefer it to be off. I can press
> TAB when I want the line indented in the standard way. If I indented
> it differently I don't want it changed because I fixed some
> punctuation.)
>
> Anyway, I've discovered that c-mode binds certain keys (semicolor,
> comma, etc) to functions that indent the line in addition to inserting
> a character. You can "fix" those by rebinding them to
> 'self-insert-command, just like you can with TAB.
>
>
Wow sounds like Emacs is becoming too intelligent. Kind of like that old
version of Microsoft Word.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-06 20:06 [emacs] tabs, spaces, and indentation Nerius Landys
2010-10-07 4:22 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-10-08 21:44 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-10-08 22:12 ` Nerius Landys [this message]
2010-10-07 6:26 ` Jonathan Groll
[not found] ` <mailman.5.1286432793.11901.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-10-07 9:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-10-09 2:08 ` Steve Revilak
2010-10-11 20:19 ` Nerius Landys
2010-10-11 21:43 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-10-11 22:14 ` Nerius Landys
2010-10-12 1:42 ` Steve Revilak
[not found] ` <mailman.3.1286828409.23066.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-10-11 21:58 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] <mailman.5.1286400966.24129.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-10-06 22:05 ` despen
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