From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: 385@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#385: [PATCH] comment-indent doesn't respect
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:47:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzlppb81n.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21310.75.39.61.37.1213210741.squirrel@cjm.myvnc.com> (Christopher J. Madsen's message of "Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:59:01 -0500 (CDT)")
severity 385 minor
thanks
> I thought about something like that. The problem is that current versions
> of Emacs would have no idea what to do with a return value that's not an
> integer. I use a variety of Emacs versions on a number of machines. The
> indent function would have to check emacs-version and change the return
> value accordingly. That's always a mess.
I understand, but a variable like you suggests makes it impossible to
have the special indentation you want together with the auto-alignment
for other comment cases.
I don't want a half solution, just to make the transition easier.
You're trading off a minor short term gain again a long term loss.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-13 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-11 17:11 bug#385: [PATCH] comment-indent doesn't respect comment-indent-function Christopher J. Madsen
2008-06-11 18:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-11 18:59 ` Christopher J. Madsen
2008-06-13 16:47 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2017-06-14 4:33 ` npostavs
2017-07-06 2:58 ` npostavs
2016-02-29 4:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-03-03 5:03 ` Christopher J. Madsen
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