bug#24648: 25.1; smie indentation in strings

[Stefan Monnier]

> 1. Open a new buffer in octave-mode (or ruby mode)
> 2. Insert a string:
>
>      "line 1
>      line 2
>      line 3"
>
> 3. Move point to the beginning of `line 2' and pressing TAB
>
> line 2 will be indented freely. This is a big surprise. Regression?

What would you like instead?  You're indenting within a string, so
octave-mode has no idea what rule to follow since the string may
represent anything.  By design, it should behave like in text-mode, more
or less.


        Stefan