GNU bug report logs - #22564
Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough.

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Message #59 received at 22564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 22564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22564: Fundamental mode isn't fundamental enough.
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 14:48:02 -0500

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  > I think electric-*-modes should be disabled in FM unless explicitly
  > enabled by the user in an FM buffer.  We've become far too "clever" with
  > all these facilities.

I agree.

The doc string of electric-indent-mode says

    When enabled, this reindents whenever the hook ‘electric-indent-functions’
    returns non-nil, or if you insert a character from ‘electric-indent-chars’.

electric-indent-chars is supposed to contain printing characters
whose insertion should, secondarily, cause reindentation of the line.
Why is  tab  in that list?  That makes no sense.

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