GNU bug report logs - #3370
23.0.94; `comment-region' indents comment chars inappropriately

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 3370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>,
        "'Jason Rumney'" <jasonr <at> gnu.org>,
        "'Dan Nicolaescu'" <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#3370: 23.0.94; `comment-region' indents comment chars  inappropriately
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:38:18 -0400

> Why would everything else be equal? What's wrong with considering what
> Emacs has always done, and perhaps even thinking about breaking
> existing code (such as what I reported)? Everything else is not equal.

Emacs put the comment-starters at column-0 because that code was written
a looooonnng time ago and keeping things simple was more important
than now.  Emacs-21's new commenting code was improved to be able to
comment and uncomment at other columns than column-0, which made it more
useful since most commenting styles use other indentation styles.
Emacs-21's default (as well as 22) was set to `plain' because Richard
always puts such comments at column-0 (the `plain' setting had actually
to be added specifically for this).

If you don't like it, just (setq comment-style 'plain) and live happily
ever after.


        Stefan

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