The bounce indenter in Steve Yegge's js2-mode is an interesting approach: For any given line, there are some obvious possible indentation points: - wha

The bounce indenter in Steve Yegge's js2-mode is an interesting approach: For any given line, there are some obvious possible indentation points: - whatever position Karl's guesser wants to use - the beginning of the line - after the '=' if the previous line is an assignment - same indentation as the previous line - first preceding line with less indentation than the preceding line [...]the TAB key cycles among them. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.co.nz/2008_03_01_archive.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.co.nz/2008_03_01_archive.html It takes a lot of the frustration out of the indenter getting it wrong; in practice this doesn't cycle around tab points as much as you'd think. And then there's cc-guess.el, which guesses your preferred indentation style by examining the current file. It would be soooooo nice if these ideas were available across all modes.