> Is it that it is emacs?

The OP is using a function which is not standard indenting, hitting TAB is.°

This function offers plenty of interactive real-time benefits, without needing to wait 2 sec till a Perl::Tidy background process returned.

Komodo has nothing like this to offer.

And contrary to you I know both editors pretty well.

So please cut the FUD out.

> The way I would write it if I were taking appropriate care

That's BS, no software can decide what the best choice is, it can only assist at best.

See AnoMonks demo here: Re: How would you indent this? Which identation style do you prefer?

The editor shouldn't interfere automatically in the formatting after the author has chosen a representation.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

°) or activating auto-indent, which seems to be default now.

In reply to Re^6: How would you indent this? by LanX
in thread How would you indent this? by no longer just digit

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