Re: Changed list indentation behavior: how to revert?

[Gustavo Barros]

Hi Karl,

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 18:30, Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm on Org mode maint git repo, currently v9.3.6.
>
> I recently upgraded from an older git commit version.
>
> Since the upgrade I do have a different behavior:
>
> - Consider this list itemX
> A 1
> 2
>
> When I press RET at the "X" above, I end up at position "1". With
> another RET, cursor ends up at "2". I'd love to get back the
> previous behavior where RET at "X" always ended up at "A".
>
> Unfortunately, there are tons of org*indent* variables out there.
> I'd appreciate it very much if somebody knows what variable I need
> to modify to get back to the previous behavior.
>
> Thanks!

I'll answer, because I feel somewhat responsible for your upgrade. ;-)

Since recently Org is set to respect Emacs' `eletric-indent-mode'.  If
I'm not mistaken, it made to the 9.4 release, I presume that's what you
are getting.

You can find the Org News entry, and how to get the previous behavior
back in:
https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/etc/ORG-NEWS#L323

A couple of threads that might help understand the change and the
reasoning behind it:
https://orgmode.org/list/877dxpazbo.fsf_-_@gmail.com/
https://orgmode.org/list/878sfbycip.fsf@iki.fi/

HTH,
Gustavo.