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From: Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione@gmail.com>
To: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmx.net>
Cc: 5586@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5586: 23.1.92.1; Electric indentation and hungry backspace deletion in JavaScript mode (js-mode)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:03:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BAC4004.1090505@censorshipresearch.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002170031.46472.pogonyshev@gmx.net>

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On 2/16/10 5:31 PM, Paul Pogonyshev wrote:
> Package: emacs
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> JavaScript is quite similar in syntax to C-like languages (Java, C++
> etc.), so it's natural to use the same editing techniques for it.  It
> would be nice if Emacs gave JS mode a more "familiar" feel.
> 
> For me, the most wanted features are electric indentation and hungry
> backspace.  I.e. when typing '{', '(' or a similar control character
> the current line would be automatically reindented.  And backspace
> would delete all space characters to the left of the point, not just
> one.
> 
> Paul

espresso-mode actually had electric indentation when I submitted it for
inclusion in Emacs. Can we restore that functionality?
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-26  5:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-16 22:31 bug#5586: 23.1.92.1; Electric indentation and hungry backspace deletion in JavaScript mode (js-mode) Paul Pogonyshev
2010-03-26  5:03 ` Daniel Colascione [this message]
2010-03-28 20:46 ` Chong Yidong
2010-03-28 20:58   ` Daniel Colascione
2010-03-28 22:37     ` Lennart Borgman
2010-03-29  1:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-28 20:59   ` Daniel Colascione
2010-03-29  1:47   ` Electricity (was: bug#5586: 23.1.92.1; Electric indentation and hungry backspace deletion in JavaScript mode (js-mode)) Stefan Monnier
2017-08-07  0:25 ` bug#5586: is this bug still valid? Tom Tromey
2022-01-31 17:08   ` bug#5586: 23.1.92.1; Electric indentation and hungry backspace deletion in JavaScript mode (js-mode) Lars Ingebrigtsen

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