From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Automatic smart indentation Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:23:17 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067621850 30461 80.91.224.253 (31 Oct 2003 17:37:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 31 18:37:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AFdDE-00041h-00 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:37:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFd8W-0001L8-I0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:32:36 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1067620997 132.204.24.42 (Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:23:17 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:23:17 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117764 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13700 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13700 > (add-hook 'after-change-functions > (lambda (start end pre-change-length) > (indent-region start (buffer-size) nil))) Modifying the buffer from within after-change-functions is tricky business. A more reliable approach is to keep track in after-change-functions of the part of the text that gets modified, and reindent later (from a post-command-hook). See diff-mode.el for an example of how to do that. Stefan