From: Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>
To: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Line indents to middle when editing init.el: what the heck is happening?
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 15:43:11 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vb6bekyo.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFMGiz_8sY7JZjU3z3isugwxtTagHHrM8kHLw9NcDp2XO92J3g@mail.gmail.com>
Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
> Ah, I am using a single semicolon! I have never heard of that
> behavior before, and I don't remember seeing that in XEmacs (but
> I started with an extensive init.el from one of the daddy
> rabbits which may be the reason).
It's part of the GNU Emacs coding conventions / recommendations;
cf. this section of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Comment-Tips.html#Comment-Tips
> I'll see if a double-semicolon changes the behavior. BTW, do you
> know how to change that behavior?
Well, in terms of which column a single-semicolon comment will be
aligned to, you can set the value of the variable
`comment-column`.
Afaik, to change how single-semicolon comments behave overall,
you'd need to modify the variable `comment-indent-function` to
point to a function that behaves the way you want (e.g. a modified
version of the function `comment-indent-default`).
> Thanks, Alexis.
You're welcome. :-)
Alexis.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-26 12:36 Line indents to middle when editing init.el: what the heck is happening? Tom Browder
2016-01-27 2:05 ` Alexis
2016-01-27 2:45 ` Tom Browder
2016-01-30 4:43 ` Alexis [this message]
2016-01-31 21:12 ` Tom Browder
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