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Difference in indentation behavior between elisp-mode and sh-mode

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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
To: 78756 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78756: Difference in indentation behavior between elisp-mode and sh-mode
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:53:40 +0200

When defining a function in elisp-mode, the text following 
the function is not indented, regardless of where the closing 
parenthesis is placed:

(defun lana ()
  "Desc"

  (interactive)
  (message "lana"))

;; lana ends here

But in sh-mode, the text after the function is indented by
1 character.

opcon ()
 {
   echo "TODO"
 }

 ## opcon ends here

In elisp-mode, this does not happen—the next line of 
text is never indented, regardless of the closing 
parenthesis's position.

It appears that the correct approach is not to indent 
the following text.  This discrepancy may also exist 
in other programming modes.

It would be ideal if indentation behavior were made 
consistent across all programming modes in Emacs.

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