Re: tcl-indent-for-comment broken in Emacs 21

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Kloosterman <geertk@ai.rug.nl> writes:
> Emacs 21 seems to have a new tcl mode: tcl.el instead of tcl-mode.el.
> I didn't see this mentioned in the NEWS file...

Indeed, it seems to be missing.

> Here's the real problem: When I use tcl-indent-for-comment (M-;) on an
> empty line I get the following error message:

>     Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil

> I expected it to insert "#" or ";#" at `comment-column'.  
> I tested this with '-q --no-site-file'.

Thanks for report.  I've appended the fix.
I've committed the fix on the RC branch but not on the trunk because
the code on the trunk already fixed it by eliminating this code.


        Stefan


--- tcl.el.~1.64.~      Wed Aug 22 11:05:00 2001
+++ tcl.el      Tue Nov 20 21:02:42 2001
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@
                (backward-char))))))
   ;; Point is just after the "#" starting a comment.  Move it as
   ;; appropriate.
-  (let* ((indent (funcall comment-indent-function))
+  (let* ((indent (or (funcall comment-indent-function) comment-column))
         (begpos (progn
                   (backward-char)
                   (point))))