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Re: Why flip RET and C-j with electric-indent-mode?
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Why flip RET and C-j with electric-indent-mode? |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:20:01 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > So why did emacs flip RET and C-j with electric-indent-mode?
>
> Because users nowadays expect that.
These days I think users expect mode specific behavior. In c-mode or
whatever then that type of electric behavior is rather expected. But
in the basic fundamental-mode that type of automatic indention really
gets in the way and is not expected. The fundamental-mode should be
simple and basic without all of the happy fluff.
> "C-h f newline RET" will have a suggestion that you will like, I
> think.
I think you might be hinting at:
To just insert a newline, use M-x electric-indent-just-newline.
But no. That isn't a suggestion I like. Obviously I already know
that setting this will set things back the way I prefer:
(setq electric-indent-mode nil) ; new in 24, default is t, breaks RET/C-j
I am simply registering my aggravation with this being the new default
for fundamental-mode.
Bob