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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@excite.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Emacs
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:54:05 +0000
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Blake McBride <blake@florida-software.com> wrote in message news:<ug9cjbrjn91kd0@news.supernews.com>...
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> Things I commonly use in emacs:
>
> intelligent Keyboard macros
> intelligent auto indent

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I'd settle for _dumb_ auto indent: when I type

int foo (char*** foo, Rune bar)
{
    first_line();

I want the next line to automatically
    start here,
not here.

This is a sensible default when programming, and makes it easy to
indent code for clarity. A single backspace override is easier to type
than 2 or 3 tabs before _every_ line. Shouldn't the editor promote the
use of the One True Brace Style ?

joel