Re: Supress all automatic indentation in SGML mode

Roger Price <[email protected]> writes:

> I use Gnu Emacs 1:30.1 to edit SGML files on Debian 13.  Whenever I press=
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> "Enter" for a new line, the Emacs SGML mode adds two spaces. I find this =
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> and irritating.  I would like to suppress all automatic indentation in SG=
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> mode.
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> I am not a Lisp programmer, so I need a working snippet that I can add to=
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> .emacs .  I copied this code from a FreeBSD site=C2=A0:
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> (setq sgml-mode-hook
>     '(lambda ()
>        (setq fill-column 70
>              indent-tabs-mode nil
>              next-line-add-newlines nil
>              standard-indent 0)
>        (auto-fill-mode t)))
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> but it has no effect.
>

Using Emacs 30.1, try the following steps:

   - Start Emacs without any initialization file(s), editing
     an SGML file:

     $ emacs -Q temp.sgml

   - Look up the function that is bound to the <Enter> (or
     RET) key:

     C-h c
     Describe the following key, mouse click, or menu item: RET

     RET (translated from <return>) runs the command newline

Compare what is reported for RET in SGML mode with what is
reported in your Emacs (run C-h c again) that is giving the
behavior you reported.

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