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cperl-mode: inserting newline at start of line in HERE

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Message #19 received at 28962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Harald Jörg <haj <at> posteo.de>, 28962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28962: A workaround to this issue is available in cperl-mode
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:36:56 -0700

Harald Jörg <haj <at> posteo.de> writes:

> After some more digging (my experience with elisp is still limited)
> I found that the problem can be avoided by using `insert-and-inherit'
> instead of `insert'.  cperl-mode uses text properties to detect the
> HEREiness of buffer contents - and `insert' just doesn't provide them.
>
> So, the problem only occurs when text is inserted via elisp code. It
> can be avoided by using `insert-and-inherit', or, if one can't modify
> the function, recovered from by calling `cperl-find-pods-heres'.  In
> my eyes this is good enough.  It seems that the reporter wasn't aware
> of either possibility, so maybe they're happy if we tell them about
> the workarounds - and then close as wontfix.

Makes sense to me.  I think you should do that.

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