For example: emacs -Q /tmp/bar.cpp Type: C-x h C-M-\ First, note that std::variant is not indented with respect to std::pair. Next, delete and re-insert the final angle bracket on the line that reads: std::pair>, Note the re-indention. template using value_variant=3D std::pair< std::variant< ipfix::octetArray_t, ipfix::unsigned8_t, ipfix::unsigned16_t, ipfix::unsigned32_t, ipfix::unsigned64_t, ipfix::signed8_t, ipfix::signed16_t, ipfix::signed32_t, ipfix::signed64_t, ipfix::float32_t, ipfix::float64_t, ipfix::boolean_t, ipfix::macAddress_t, ipfix::string_t, ipfix::dateTimeSeconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMilliseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMicroseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeNanoseconds_t, ipfix::ipv4Address_t, ipfix::ipv6Address_t, std::pair>, std::pair>>, std::pair>>>>>, ipfix::length_t>; Then, try C-x h C-M-\ again. Note another reindentation. template using value_variant=3D std::pair< std::variant< ipfix::octetArray_t, ipfix::unsigned8_t, ipfix::unsigned16_t, ipfix::unsigned32_t, ipfix::unsigned64_t, ipfix::signed8_t, ipfix::signed16_t, ipfix::signed32_t, ipfix::signed64_t, ipfix::float32_t, ipfix::float64_t, ipfix::boolean_t, ipfix::macAddress_t, ipfix::string_t, ipfix::dateTimeSeconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMilliseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMicroseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeNanoseconds_t, ipfix::ipv4Address_t, ipfix::ipv6Address_t, std::pair>, std::pair>>, std::pair>>>>>, ipfix::length_t>; Type C-x h C-M-\ again. Another re-indentation. This one is stable, but incorrect. template using value_variant=3D std::pair< std::variant< ipfix::octetArray_t, ipfix::unsigned8_t, ipfix::unsigned16_t, ipfix::unsigned32_t, ipfix::unsigned64_t, ipfix::signed8_t, ipfix::signed16_t, ipfix::signed32_t, ipfix::signed64_t, ipfix::float32_t, ipfix::float64_t, ipfix::boolean_t, ipfix::macAddress_t, ipfix::string_t, ipfix::dateTimeSeconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMilliseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeMicroseconds_t, ipfix::dateTimeNanoseconds_t, ipfix::ipv4Address_t, ipfix::ipv6Address_t, std::pair>, std::pair>>, std::pair>>>>>, ipfix::length_t>; Emacs : GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo = version 1.16.0) of 2023-04-14 Package: CC Mode 5.35.2 (C++//l) Buffer Style: gnu c-emacs-features: (pps-extended-state col-0-paren posix-char-classes gen-st= ring-delim gen-comment-delim syntax-properties category-properties 1-bit) current state: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D (setq c-basic-offset 2 c-comment-only-line-offset '(0 . 0) c-indent-comment-alist '((anchored-comment column . 0) (end-block space . = 1) (cpp-end-block space . 2)) c-indent-comments-syntactically-p nil c-block-comment-prefix "" c-comment-prefix-regexp '((pike-mode . 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