Subject: bug#16763: 24.3.50; electric-indent annoyance: C-j doesn't indent

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 22:16:22 -0500

> The documentation for electric-mode indicates that indentation
> will be invoked when you type any of the chars in
> electric-indent-chars

Actually, it's when you self-insert-command a char in electric-indent-chars.
Both C-j and RET call self-insert-command indirectly after fiddling to
force them both to insert ?\n.

In any case, if you prefer the old behavior, just disable
electric-indent-mode.

        Stefan