GNU bug report logs - #101
bad C-j behavior in Emacs-Lisp mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:15:06 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 101 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#101: bad C-j behavior in Emacs-Lisp mode
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 23:05:10 -0400

Tags: wontfix

> In Emacs-Lisp mode, put cursor after (bar m) and hit C-j.
> 
> (if (string= foo "a")
>     (bar m) ; Comment
> 
> The cursor is put after the semicolon. It should be put before it,
> ready for you to type the second "then" clause of the `if'.

The behavior is correct, since C-j performs a newline followed by an
indent.  In Emacs Lisp mode, single-semicolon comments are indented to
comment-column, which as a default value of 40.
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