GNU bug report logs - #20557
24.4; electric-indent global mode is a regression

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jerome L Quinn <jlquinn <at> us.ibm.com>

Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 15:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 19433, 20101

Found in versions 24.3.1, 24.4

Fixed in version 24.5

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Jerome L Quinn <jlquinn <at> us.ibm.com>
Cc: 20557 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20557: 24.4; electric-indent global mode is a regression
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 11:50:00 -0400

Jerome L Quinn wrote:

> If I create a temporary buffer, it comes up in fundamental mode.  If I
> then type:
>
> a<RET>
> a<RET>
> a<RET>
> a
>
> I instead get
>
> a
>         a
>                 a
>                         a
>
> which isn't anything like I'd expect, and I can't see how it's useful
> for anything.

I can't reproduce this. Do you have a recipe starting from emacs -Q?

Perhaps you have edited a csh script; http://debbugs.gnu.org/19433
What does C-h v indent-line-function  say?
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