emacs lisp mode, mailing list?

[Mark H. David]

Andy, thank you so much for reuniting me with this command I've long
been missing. I can get used to M-j, especially since I already use C-j.
Thank you so much! Not sure how I lost track of that change. Anyhow,
this really helps me. Thanks!
----- Original message -----
From: Andy Peterson <andy.arvid at gmail.com>
To: Discussion list for Common Lisp professionals <pro at common-lisp.net>Subject: Re: emacs lisp mode, mailing list?
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:06:57 -0400

Mark,

from key help: c-h k  c-m-j:

> C-M-j runs the command indent-new-comment-line (found in global-map),> which is an alias for ‘comment-indent-new-line’ in ‘newcomment.el’.
> 
> It is bound to C-M-j, M-j.
> 
> (indent-new-comment-line &optional SOFT)
> 
> Break line at point and indent, continuing comment if within one.
> This indents the body of the continued comment
> under the previous comment line.
> 
> This command is intended for styles where you write a comment
> per line,> starting a new comment (and terminating it if necessary) on each line.> If you want to continue one comment across several lines, use M-x
> newline-and-indent.> 
> If a fill column is specified, it overrides the use of the
> comment column> or comment indentation.
> 
> The inserted newline is marked hard if variable ‘use-hard-newlines’
> is true,> unless optional argument SOFT is non-nil.

andy peterson

On 21 June 2018 at 21:09, Sky Hester <skyjhester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Mark is right; paredit-mode binds paredit-reindent-defun to M-q, which
> calls either lisp-fill-paragraph (from lisp-mode.el) or indents the
> form, depending on whether you're in a comment or string. The string
> part is nice if you like docstrings with a fixed maximum width.> 
> 
> -Sky
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 5:53 PM Mark Cox <markcox80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> G'day Mark,
>> 
>> I don't know the command you are after but paredit provides the
>> command paredit-reindent-defun which is bound to M-q when in
>> paredit mode.>> 
>> You can invoke this command once your comment becomes too long to fit
>> on one line. For example:>> 
>> (defun example ()
>>   ;; This is a really long comment designed to show how the function
>>   ;; paredit-reindent-defun works.*>>   (print "hello world"))
>> 
>> (defun example ()
>>   ;; This is a really long comment designed to show how the function>>   ;; paredit-reindent-defun works.*
>>   (print "hello world"))
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Mark H. David <mhd at yv.org> wrote:
>>> __
>>> OK, well I'm wondering if anyone remembers the keybinding M-RET
>>> (meta return), within a semi-colon (;) comment, which used to
>>> wonderfully both start a new line, but also continue the comment at
>>> the same indent level, same number of leading semi-colons, with a
>>> space after.  Example:>>> 
>>> You're here, and your cursor is where the * is:
>>> 
>>>    (defun foo ()
>>>       ;; blah blah blah*
>>> 
>>> and you type M-RET. Next thing that happens is the cursor is on the
>>> next line where the * is, and the lines then look like this:>>> 
>>>    (defun foo ()
>>>       ;; blah blah blah
>>>       ;; *
>>> 
>>> What happened to that functionality?  I thought it was there for
>>> years, I'm pretty sure on the Lisp Machine and I think for years in
>>> regular Emacs in Lisp mode.  It got ingrained in my fingers, and I
>>> often still try it, but of course now all I get is: M-RET is
>>> undefined>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original message -----
>>> From: Pascal Bourguignon <pjb at informatimago.com>
>>> To: Discussion list for Common Lisp professionals <pro at common-
>>> lisp.net>>>> Subject: Re: emacs lisp mode, mailing list?
>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:35:04 +0200
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 21 Jun 2018, at 17:49, Mark H. David <mhd at yv.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Is there a mailing list to ask questions and make suggestions and
>>>> talk about emacs lisp mode for pro Lispers? Would that be here
>>>> perhaps?>>> 
>>> Yes, there’s no other place.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> __Pascal J. Bourguignon__
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 

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