Re: Questioning the new behavior of `open-line'.

[Karl Fogel]

John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>>> Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> 3. I think, when electric-indent-mode is on, open-line should indent the
>>> line that was created below if it isn't empty. May I go ahead?
>
>> Had I seen that question at the time, I would have answered "Oh, please
>> don't" :-). But maybe mine is a minority opinion? I encounter the new
>> behavior several times a day, and don't like it; turning off
>> `electric-indent-mode' seems like a drastic solution. But if people
>> generally like this new behavior, I'll certainly live with being in the
>> minority and figure out the appropritae local customization.
>
>I too would want the original C-o behavior. If you're using it an column 0,
>then the action of C-o is to create a new line, not to adjust indentation of
>the line you were on before the command.
>
>Now, you *could* have the new behavior using `electric-indent-functions',
>checking if the current command is `open-line'. So we're not making it
>impossible to do. But we shouldn't change long-standing behavior like this, in
>a subtle way that many users wouldn't know how to undo.

Yeah, my feelings too.  If `electric-indent-mode' does anything here, it should 
move point to the appropriate indentation column *on the new, blank line*, 
while leaving existing text however it was.

Best,
-K