GNU bug report logs - #16182
24.3.50; ruby-mode: Indentation style of multiline literals with hanging open paren inside other parens

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From: Adam Sokolnicki <adam.sokolnicki <at> gmail.com>
To: 16182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16182: 
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:44:32 +0100

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>> When I'm breaking line on argument list it's
>> because the line is too long. With indentation to the opened paren the
>> line stays long despite breaking the line.
>
> Like Stefan suggests, if the opened paren is immediately followed by a
> newline, the arguments will be indented less (but still indented by
> additional two columns, compared to the beginning of the statement).

I did not think about it before. It makes sense.

>> I think this is how vim indents ruby code by default.

> If that's true, could you point to:
>
> * Some other open source project or two using this style.
>
> * Some tutorial or step-by-step instruction for me to test this
>   indentation in Vim. Do I need to install anything apart from the > > base
>   distribution?
>   Suppose I have the snippet of code typed out. What do I press next?

Actually that's not true. I was wrong. Sorry for the confusion.

>> I you ask me emacs can only support the indentation to the beginning
>> of the statement.
>
> I don't think it's sufficient, by itself.
>
> Take this example:
>
> current_user.statuses.find(params[:id]).update({
>   user: current_user,
>   text: params[:status]
> })
>
> Suppose `update' accepted a second argument, and we wanted to pass it
> here, on the next line after the hash. Which column would it be indented
> to? 0?

Yes it's not sufficient.

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