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From: tynor@prism.gatech.EDU (Steve Tynor)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Eiffel-mode bug?
Keywords: GNU Emacs Eiffel-mode - wrong indentation
Message-ID: <7233@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 90 16:25:39 GMT
Reply-To: tynor@prism.gatech.EDU (Steve Tynor)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I tried sending this directly to Bob Weiner, but it's bounced back 4 times...

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I'm having trouble with the GNU Emacs Eiffel-mode recently posted by Bob
Weiner: eiffel.el. Here's the version I'm using:

	;; LAST-MOD:      6-Feb-90 at 18:43:30 by Bob Weiner

The trouble is that features don't always indent properly.  The
following construct:

	>	x is
	>	   -- a comment
	>       deferred
	>	end;
	
will indent incorrectly. E.g.:
	
	>	x is
	>	     -- a comment
	>deferred
	>end;
	
This only seems to happen when there is a comment or trailing space on the
'is' line.
	
I've checked the correctness of 'e-ends-with-is' - it seems to work properly
(handles trailing spaces and comments).  The problem appears to be that it is
only called by the 'e-comment-indent' function - was it intended to be used by
other line styles (e.g. the "deferred", or "require", etc) too?

Other than that, I can't be of much more assistance. If someone can diagnose
the problem and send a patch, I'd greatly appreciate it!
	
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    Steve Tynor
    Georgia Tech Research Institute
    Artificial Intelligence Branch
    tynor@prism.gatech.edu