GNU bug report logs -
#36884
Default python mode with electric-indent-mode sometimes indents empty lines
Previous Next
Full log
Message #20 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
All you need probably is calling C-j, not RET
There is certain confusion IMO in recent design, as
C-j is bound to electric-newline-and-maybe-indent
which works as I would expect from newline.
On 02.08.19 07:08, Jarosław Rzeszótko wrote:
> Perhaps this behavior exists because there can also be a situation
> like this:
>
> def test():
> print("test")
> [cursor, on empty line in middle of indented block]
> print("test")
>
> where what electric indent does after pressing RET (creates new line
> aligned to the print statements) makes sense. I think it is mostly
> irritating though, and editors I tested, Vim and Sublime Text, do not
> automatically indent in any of the situations I mentioned.
>
> FWIW this works as a workaround for me:
>
> (setq electric-indent-functions
> '((lambda (inserted-char)
> (when (eq major-mode 'python-mode)
> ;; Do not auto-indent after inserting any empty line
> (when (save-excursion
> (previous-line)
> (beginning-of-line)
> (looking-at "^\s*$"))
> 'no-indent)))))
>
> Cheers,
> Jarek
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:26 AM Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com
> <mailto:npostavs <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de
> <mailto:andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>> writes:
>
> > AFAIU electric-indent-mode doesn't run a timer, cursor position
> alone
> > would not trigger it.
>
> electric-indent-mode works from post-self-insert-hook. Not sure how
> cursor position and timers are related.
>
>
>
[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 324 days ago.
Previous Next
GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham,
1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd,
1994-97 Ian Jackson.