Re: [BUG] defaults make it hard to edit Elisp blocks in org buffers

[gerard.vermeulen@posteo.net]

On 18.01.2024 17:45, Sébastien Miquel wrote:
> Ihor Radchenko writes:
>>> If I recall correctly, in order to fix this, in =org-indent-line=,
>>> before calling =TAB= in the native buffer, one should check the
>>> current line indentation and if it is less than =block-content-ind=,
>>> start by adding this much indentation to the current line.
>>> 
>>> This could be a bit fragile, and in particular it assumes that the
>>> rest of the block has this =block-content-ind=, which might not be 
>>> the
>>> case. One could possibly at least check that the first line of the
>>> block does have this much indentation. If it doesn't, just do
>>> whatever.
>> What about a simpler approach - indent the line at point to block's
>> expected indentation (if it is not yet there) and then rely upon the
>> code block's major mode to do the right thing?
> 
> I cannot think of any common use where the two approches differ, and
> it is indeed simpler. The possibility that the block does not have the
> common indentation still stands.

As far as I understand, the effect also occurs when the block has a
common indentation. Below are the steps:

With this settings:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp -i :results silent
(setopt org-adapt-indentation nil
         org-src-preserve-indentation nil
         org-edit-src-content-indentation 2)
#+end_src
And with POINT after "?" and typing ENTER (wait more than 1 second
for automatic indenting of 2 spaces), I can type parentheses with
some sort of common indentation like below:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
   ;; common indentation?
   (())
   (())
   (())
#+end_src
When I place POINT in the middle of the lowest parentheses and
type ENTER, then everything moves 2 spaces to the right like below:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
     ;; common indentation?
     (())
     (())
     ((
       ))
#+end_src
I think, this is different of what you are saying.

Looking at the code, I inferred that I can kill this behavior
with the `-i' switch, and that works.

Regards -- Gerard