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cc-mode does not obey electric-indent-mode

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Message #8 received at 15478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15478: cc-mode does not obey electric-indent-mode
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:11:47 +0000

Hi, Stefan.

> Package: Emacs
> Version: 24.3.50


> As the subject says, cc-mode should obey electric-indent-mode and only
> perform auto-indent after inserting `;' or braces when the user has
> requested it by enabling electric-indent-mode.

There are problems with electric-indent-mode from the point of view of CC
Mode:

In particular, the electricity MUST be enabled by default in CC Mode,
otherwise automatic indentation won't work.  For example, after typing "}"
at the end of an otherwise blank line, the "}" typically needs to be
indented several spaces outwards.  electric-indent-mode appears to be
disabled by default.

electric-indent-mode is not buffer local; c-electric-flag is.

There is a key binding to toggle c-electric-flag, namely C-c C-l.

There is a set of "minor mode" toggling commands in CC Mode, and it would
seem not to be the Right Thing to destroy the coherence of this set.


>        Stefan

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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