On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm pretty sure that's standard ess indentation. I don't think it has > anything to do with org mode.
Yikes. Hadn't occurred to me to just check ess directly, and I completely assumed this was org related. Thanks for the reply, as a google revealed this gem: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/780796/emacs-ess-mode-tabbing-for-comment-region Short summary: - # indents to the 40th character - ## indents to the current indent level - ### leaves the comment where it is Sorry for the noise and thanks for pointing me in the right direction! John > > Best, > Ista > > On Jan 28, 2016 4:59 PM, "John Hendy" <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Find attached a screenshot of the behavior I'm experiencing with this >> minimal config and =emacs -Q=. >> >> #+begin_src min-config >> >> ;; set load paths >> ;; set load dirs and global config options >> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/org.git/lisp/") >> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/org.git/contrib/lisp") >> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/ess/lisp/") >> >> (require 'ess-site) >> >> ;; setup babel languages >> (org-babel-do-load-languages >> 'org-babel-load-languages >> '((R . t))) >> >> #+end_src >> >> As shown in the shot: >> - create a .org file, insert a #+begin/end_src R block >> - edit with =C-c '= >> - start a line with a comment char (#) >> - press RET >> - it gets indented halfway across the page >> >> Inside a function, it seems to use a default of four spaces (the >> position of =return(i^2)=), so I'm not sure why a comment triggers >> such a massive indent. I end up having to delete the preceding spaces >> or be super careful about having a newline already inserted so that I >> can arrow down instead of pressing RET at the end of a comment line. >> >> >> Thanks for any insights! >> John