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: comment-kill and the state of the world Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:11:22 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <878ynldq65.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066331852 7456 80.91.224.253 (16 Oct 2003 19:17:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 21:17:28 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 1AADcm-0000lX-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:17:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AADcF-0002bQ-VW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:16:55 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 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 1066331482 132.204.24.42 (Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:11:22 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:11:22 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117322 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:13253 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13253 > Why in the world does comment-kill reindent the affected line? No idea. You're the first person I know who uses this command. > Do other people also feel this is a bug? Maybe it cannot be changed for > compatibility reasons, but then another command should be created with the > desired behaviour. I don't think compatibility is a big problem. When I re-wrote it in newcomment.el, I just preserved the old behavior to reduce the risk of people complaining that "the new code is broken". > Look at newcomment.el, one gets the general feeling of unfinished > business :-) Thanks for the support. But please make it more specific, so I get a chance of fixing or at least defending my code. Stefan