Re: [External] : Tab completion and electric-indent-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "'Help-Gnu-Emacs (help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org)'" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:10:00 +0000
> 
> > `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"?)
> 
> 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'.

But before you do, I suggest to check the latest code, because the
above quotations are obsolete.