James Powell <powe...@pdx.edu> writes: > I open a new file, /tmp/demo.org, and I start a new list > by typing "<enter>- a<enter>". It appears: > > - a > > What I expect: my cursor should now be at column 0. This was the > behavior in 9.3.6 and it makes perfect sense. > > What happens instead: after upgrade to 9.4.4, the cursor rests at > column 2, under the a. > > How do I change the behavior back to the 9.3.6 one?
Short answer: disable electric-indent-local-mode, as suggested in ORG-NEWS. This will turn RET into the "dumb newline" key which should never indent, and set C-j as the "smart newline" key which occasionally indents. > Facts about it: > > - When I start emacs with 'emacs -Q -nw' the bug does not manifest > even in 9.4.4. That's surprising; on my setups, with Org 9.4.4, emacs -Q -nw stays at column 2 after hitting RET. > - I tried setting org-adapt-indentation to 't (the default) as it is > an obvious suspect, the bug still manifested. org-adapt-indentation's determines how TAB and the "smart newline" key behave: - t (default): section bodies should be hard-indented, - nil (to become the default for Org 9.5): nothing should be indented, - 'headline-data: drawers (e.g. :LOGBOOK: entries and :PROPERTY: blocks) should be hard-indented, but not regular section text. With all settings, "- a<smart newline>" indents at column 2, below "a". As explained above, depending on electric-indent, the <smart newline> key is either RET or C-j. Note also that "- a<smart newline><smart newline><smart newline>" goes back to column 0. (FWIW I think that's a bit unwieldy; going back to column 0 on the /second/ <smart newline> would make more sense to me, as it would correspond to a "paragraph break")
