Re: Turning electric-indent-mode off, for a specific buffer

[Po Lu]

goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com> writes:

> Doing "C-h v electric-indent-mode" says that setting this variable
> directly does not take effect, but one can customize it.  It is very
> confusing.  How is it ok to customize it and what happens when you do?
>
> Perhaps this needs change so one does not customize it?

electric-indent-mode is a global minor mode.
Customizing it turns the mode on or off, while setting the variable
itself has no effect.