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RE: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode
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carlmarcos |
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RE: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode |
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Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:14:26 +0200 (CEST) |
Jun 17, 2022, 14:10 by drew.adams@oracle.com:
>> `electric-indent-mode` says that in does "On-the-fly
>> Reindentation". What does that mean, and how is it
>> different to normal indentation?
>>
>
> (What's "normal indentation"?)
>
Indentation that is not on-the-fly. I would think that all indentation is
on-the-fly,
but I am not sure. Reading indicates that it is some indentation enhancement.
> The doc string says that the mode does this, which
> is presumably what it means by hand-waving with
> "on-the-fly reindentation":
>
> this reindents whenever the hook `electric-indent-functions'
> returns non-nil, or if you insert a character from
> `electric-indent-chars'.
>
> The Emacs manual, node `Indent Convenience' says:
>
> Electric Indent mode is a global minor mode that
> automatically indents the line after every <RET>
> you type.
>
> If you feel that these explanations aren't clear
> enough then please consider filing an enhancement
> request to clarify further: `M-x report-emacs-bug'.
>
- Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, carlmarcos, 2022/06/17
- RE: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Drew Adams, 2022/06/17
- RE: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode,
carlmarcos <=
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/06/17
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, carlmarcos, 2022/06/17
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, carlmarcos, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, carlmarcos, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eric S Fraga, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, carlmarcos, 2022/06/18
- Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode, Eric S Fraga, 2022/06/26