Re: Emacs CC Mode's auto-newline facility: INFORMAL SURVEY

[Klaus Zeitler]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
    Alan> 
    Alan> o Do you program with auto-newline switched on (e.g. do you get NLs
    Alan>   inserted automatically after typing a `;' or `{')?

yes, always

    Alan> o Did you configure this auto-newline setting yourself, and if not,
    Alan>   are you happy with it?

yes many years ago

    Alan> o Are you aware of the key binding C-c C-a to toggle this mode on and
    Alan>   off?

no (but in emacs you learn something new every day :-)) 

    Alan> o How often do you use C-c C-a (or even C-c C-t) to toggle
    Alan>   auto-newline mode?

I don't need it, since I don't intend to turn it of

    Alan> o In which language(s) (C, C++, ....) do you program in (X)Emacs?

C and C++

    Alan> Further pertinent comments are, of course, welcome.  Thanks in
    Alan> advance for your time.

- since every once in a while one doesn't want/need an auto-newline, hungry
  delete mode comes in handy
- fortunately CPerl has the same feature

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