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Indentation issue in emacs

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From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 02:35:52 +0530

I'm not entirely sure this is the right place to report this
bug. If I should report this bug elsewhere, please direct me.

When I indent the `emacs-which-key' package definition in
gnu/packages/emacs.scm using `indent-region', the description gets
indented wrongly. The "(or as many as space allows given your settings)"
part of the description string gets indented as though it were an
S-expression.

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From: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 27491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 21:27:07 +0300

Arun Isaac (2017-06-26 02:35 +0530) wrote:

> I'm not entirely sure this is the right place to report this
> bug. If I should report this bug elsewhere, please direct me.
>
> When I indent the `emacs-which-key' package definition in
> gnu/packages/emacs.scm using `indent-region', the description gets
> indented wrongly. The "(or as many as space allows given your settings)"
> part of the description string gets indented as though it were an
> S-expression.

Here is the description of 'emacs-which-key' package.

    (description "@code{emacs-which-key} is a minor mode for Emacs that
displays the key bindings following your currently entered incomplete command
(a prefix) in a popup.  For example, after enabling the minor mode if you
enter C-x and wait for the default of 1 second, the minibuffer will expand
with all of the available key bindings that follow C-x (or as many as space
allows given your settings).")

What you describe happens because of this line:

(a prefix) in a popup.  For example, after enabling the minor mode if you

As you see, it starts with "(" and Emacs doesn't like such things.
Commit 7c125ce02¹ fixed such descriptions 2 years ago.  Perhaps it's
time to repeat this commit :-)

¹ http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=7c125ce02384cff462a3ed84ac77153921e1c2a5

-- 
Alex

Message #13 received at 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:44:30 +0530

Ok, fixed! :-)

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=2482c02f3b23b2490a6647e0717cf8a4ccf3f6a8

However, I think this is a hack, and the better solution would be to
actually fix the underlying indentation issue. But, I am too lazy to
find out how. :-P

Message #16 received at 27491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 27491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:35:58 +0300

Arun Isaac (2017-06-27 11:44 +0530) wrote:

> Ok, fixed! :-)
>
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=2482c02f3b23b2490a6647e0717cf8a4ccf3f6a8
>
> However, I think this is a hack, and the better solution would be to
> actually fix the underlying indentation issue. But, I am too lazy to
> find out how. :-P

I'm not sure what you mean by a "fix".  This is an Emacs issue, and it
was there since... I don't know, always.  Moreover, I don't think it's a
bug; it's just how Emacs finds a beginning of the top-level sexp – it
"sees" a leading parenthesis on a line and it considers it to be a
beginning of the sexp.

-- 
Alex

Message #19 received at 27491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27491 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:43:00 +0530

> I'm not sure what you mean by a "fix".  This is an Emacs issue, and it
> was there since... I don't know, always.

Oh, my bad. I thought it was something related to guix-devel-mode or the
.dir-locals.el

> Moreover, I don't think it's a bug; it's just how Emacs finds a
> beginning of the top-level sexp – it "sees" a leading parenthesis on a
> line and it considers it to be a beginning of the sexp.

Message #22 received at 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>, 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 21:13:50 +0200

Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Arun Isaac (2017-06-27 11:44 +0530) wrote:
>
>> Ok, fixed! :-)
>>
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=2482c02f3b23b2490a6647e0717cf8a4ccf3f6a8
>>
>> However, I think this is a hack, and the better solution would be to
>> actually fix the underlying indentation issue. But, I am too lazy to
>> find out how. :-P
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by a "fix".  This is an Emacs issue, and it
> was there since... I don't know, always.  Moreover, I don't think it's a
> bug; it's just how Emacs finds a beginning of the top-level sexp – it
> "sees" a leading parenthesis on a line and it considers it to be a
> beginning of the sexp.

I consider this a bug.  Surely Emacs could do better here — especially
since this is a lisp mode!

@Arun, would you like to report this as a bug to the Emacs developers?

I’m closing this bug, because it’s not a problem with Guix.

--
Ricardo

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Message #25 received at 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com>, 27491-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27491: Indentation issue in emacs
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:46:56 +0530

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Alex Kost <alezost <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Arun Isaac (2017-06-27 11:44 +0530) wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, fixed! :-)
>>>
>>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=2482c02f3b23b2490a6647e0717cf8a4ccf3f6a8
>>>
>>> However, I think this is a hack, and the better solution would be to
>>> actually fix the underlying indentation issue. But, I am too lazy to
>>> find out how. :-P
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by a "fix".  This is an Emacs issue, and it
>> was there since... I don't know, always.  Moreover, I don't think it's a
>> bug; it's just how Emacs finds a beginning of the top-level sexp – it
>> "sees" a leading parenthesis on a line and it considers it to be a
>> beginning of the sexp.
>
> I consider this a bug.  Surely Emacs could do better here — especially
> since this is a lisp mode!
>
> @Arun, would you like to report this as a bug to the Emacs developers?

Sure, I'll do that.

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