Re: redundant space after run 'c-indent-new-comment-line'

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, William!

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 03:24:54PM +0800, William Xue wrote:
> First, 'M-;' make a c style comment in a new line in a .h file, it prints  
> '/*   */', and the cursor blinks at the 2nd space char.

Yes.  This is the place where you'll be wanting to start typing.

> Then, 'M-J' to run 'c-indent-new-comment-line', and it gives
> '/*
>  *  */' and the cursor blinks at the last '*', but I think it should be  
> blinks at the 2nd space in the second line.

More precisely, you get this (but not in gnu style - use C-. k&r first to
see this):

/*
 *  */
    ^
    |
  point

What you are saying, it I understand you correctly, is that you should
see this:

/*
 *  */
   ^
   |
 point

I agree with you.  It's a bug.

> Please point out if I am wrong or have missed something.

c-indent-new-comment-line is a rat's nest of special cases.  Invoking it
when there's no text inside the "/*  */" needs special handling.

I'll fix it.

> Thanks!

Thank you!

> -- 
> Sincerely yours,
> William

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Ittersbach, Germany).