Noah Hoffman <noah.hoff...@gmail.com> writes: Hello,
> Each time I edit a code block using =C-c '= (org-edit-special) and > then return to the org-mode buffer, two spaces are added to the left > margin of the code. For example, > > #+BEGIN_SRC python > print "hello" > #+END_SRC > > becomes > > #+BEGIN_SRC python > print "hello" > #+END_SRC > > after one round-trip. This is particularly problematic for python code > blocks since leading whitespace is meaningful. > > This is behavior that has been present in org-mode for so long that I > suspect that it's not a bug - but I'd love to know how to disable it. At the risk of being critizised by this mailing-list's QC department I give you this (unedited) hint: ,----[ C-h v org-edit-src-content-indentation RET ] | org-edit-src-content-indentation is a variable defined in `org-src.el'. | Its value is 2 | | Documentation: | Indentation for the content of a source code block. | This should be the number of spaces added to the indentation of the #+begin | line in order to compute the indentation of the block content after | editing it with M-x org-edit-src-code. Has no effect if | `org-src-preserve-indentation' is non-nil. `---- -- cheers, Thorsten Thanks a lot, Thorsten - that's perfect. If I may provide some suggestions/feedback to the list: 1. A more sensible value for this variable in python code blocks in particular would be 0 if language-specific defaults are possible (though I'll be setting my default to 0 for all languages). 2. While this variable is very well documented, it isn't very discoverable via apropos or the html manual (at least, I wasn't able to discover it). Perhaps a reference can be added to this variable in the docstring for org-edit-src-code? Best, Noah
