GNU bug report logs - #42953
Perl-mode: bonus spaces inserted

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Perl-mode: bonus spaces inserted
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:05:09 +0800

In Perl mode, upon entering the ";" in

print "
";

Three spaces are wrongly inserted, making it

print "
    ";

I.e., type
 p [self-insert-command]
 r [self-insert-command]
 i [self-insert-command]
 n [self-insert-command]
 t [self-insert-command]
 SPC [self-insert-command]
 " [self-insert-command]
 RET [newline]
 " [self-insert-command]

OK, now type the

 ; [self-insert-command]

Whammo, three spaces are inserted.

emacs-version "26.3", using
$ emacs -Q -nw /tmp/q.pl

Sure "Just use \n. Case closed."
Yes, but emacs still has no business inserting spaces into strings.
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