From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 18:19:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (py-electric-colon): don't indent, only outdent.
X-Git-Tag: v1.2b4~38
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a6a714eb3babc4e571232ce9c3cf96b3eafb8cd4;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

(py-electric-colon): don't indent, only outdent.
---

diff --git a/Misc/python-mode.el b/Misc/python-mode.el
index be08e0018d52..15c62a69daf0 100644
--- a/Misc/python-mode.el
+++ b/Misc/python-mode.el
@@ -436,10 +436,12 @@ argument is provided, that many colons are inserted non-electrically."
 			   (py-compute-indentation)))
 	       )
 	  (setq outdent py-indent-offset))
-      ;; electric colon won't re-indent lines that start in column
-      ;; zero.  you'd have to use TAB for that.  TBD: Is there a
-      ;; better way to determine this???
-      (if (zerop (current-indentation)) nil
+      ;; electric colon won't re-indent lines that start to the left
+      ;; of the current computed indentation, under the assumption
+      ;; that these are already outdented properly.  Use TAB, C-c C-l
+      ;; or C-c C-r to adjust.  TBD: Is there a better way to
+      ;; determine this???
+      (if (< (current-indentation) indent) nil
 	(goto-char here)
 	(beginning-of-line)
 	(delete-horizontal-space)