outline-heading-alist for elisp using ";; * "

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 2:20 AM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: outline-heading-alist for elisp using ";; * "
>
> * Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-11 15:56]:
> > > Customizing variables and modes is on a level more than advanced. Thus
> > > documentation on those variables is already there, as when person is
> > > level more than what Emacs Manual provides, that person has to know to
> > > find descriptions in docstrings of variables or in the source of the
> > > mode.
> > 
> > Maybe, but beefing up would also mean more functionality available by default.
> > For instance the capability to cycle folding/unfolding of headings only
> > by continuing to simply press a single key sequence, not a compound
> > one.
> 
> By default it disturbs the indentation. It definitely does not work
> well with identation:
> 
> M-x emacs-lisp-mode
> M-x outline-minor-mode
> 
> (defun fun ()
>   (let ((something else)
> 	■(more here))))
> 
> If I press C-o at the position ■ to enter new line this is what happens:
> 
> (defun fun ()
>   (let ((something else)
> 	
> (more here))))
> 
> and now I cannot any more indent (more here)))) by using TAB,
> neither by marking region and using TAB, to which I am more
> used. I have to use SPACE TAB to indent it.
> 
> Of course, one key press more is costly. 

I customarily hit enter at the end of the previous line and indentation works.
Pressing <tab> after using "C-o" works for me.  
 
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