lua-mode: indentation of multi-line conditionals

lua-mode: indentation of multi-line conditionals

[Werner LEMBERG]

Looking at

  https://dev.minetest.net/Lua_code_style_guidelines

I read the following about Lua source code:

> Conditional expressions have continuation lines indented by two
> tabs.[*]

For Emacs, replacing 'tabs' with 'indentation level', this would be

```
if long_function_call(with, many, arguments) and
      another_function_call() then
   do_something()
end
```

However, this is not what Emacs does by default in Lua mode; you
rather get

```
if long_function_call(with, many, arguments) and
   another_function_call() then
   do_something()
end
```

which makes the code hard to read.

Assuming that this functionality is available, how can I activate this
in Lua mode?  Otherwise I wonder whether I should file a bug report.


    Werner


[*] Another recommended way to format multi-line conditionals is
described at

  https://roblox.github.io/lua-style-guide/#newlines-in-long-expressions

```
if
   long_function_call(with, many, arguments)
   and another_function_call()
then
   do_something()
end
```

However, this becomes ugly if you are going to use `else` and
`elseif`.

Re: lua-mode: indentation of multi-line conditionals

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:50:21 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
> 
> 
> Looking at
> 
>   https://dev.minetest.net/Lua_code_style_guidelines
> 
> I read the following about Lua source code:
> 
> > Conditional expressions have continuation lines indented by two
> > tabs.[*]
> 
> For Emacs, replacing 'tabs' with 'indentation level', this would be
> 
> ```
> if long_function_call(with, many, arguments) and
>       another_function_call() then
>    do_something()
> end
> ```
> 
> However, this is not what Emacs does by default in Lua mode; you
> rather get

Is this about lua-mode from Non-GNU ELPA?  Or about some other
package?  Because Emacs doesn't include such a mode, AFAICT.

Re: lua-mode: indentation of multi-line conditionals

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> However, this is not what Emacs does by default in Lua mode; you
>> rather get [...]
> 
> Is this about lua-mode from Non-GNU ELPA?  Or about some other
> package?  Because Emacs doesn't include such a mode, AFAICT.

Oops!  Indeed, this is not part of Emacs.  Sorry for the noise, I will
report the problem elsewhere.


    Werner