On Sunday 12 June 2005 16:51, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > To my way of thinking, the '\' says I'm breaking the line for the sake of > > the human reader, but the computer should not see the linebreak. > > Indeed, and to make the thing more readable, it is common practice to > arrange for the indentation to help the reader figure out where the > broken-line finishes and ends (otherwise, it really doesn't help the human > reader much). Your shell example is a prime example, where you used > a single space of indentation. > > Of course, sometimes the exact number of spaces/tabs shouldn't be touched > by Emacs, but I don't think there's a way for Emacs to figure it out, and > the (relative) lack of complaint over the current default indentation > choice seems to indicate that this default is a good choice. > > > Stefan From what I can tell by looking at the customize options, there is no "leave as is" option similar to the one for comments. My preference would be to have that option. -- Regards, Steven
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