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(Version 18.52.5 on Berkeley Unix)

As you know, indent-new-comment-line is used to break a comment line
at point, close the comment, and open a new comment line.  Now in
the case that no comment end is inserted into the new comment line
(e.g. if there is trailing text on the broken line after point),
the command works fine.  However, it misbehaves in the other case.
Let's assume the following buffer situation (in C-mode):

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
/* current comment line

foo
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Now we want to close the current comment line and begin a new one.
After executing indent-new-comment-line, we end up with:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
/* current comment line */
/* */


foo
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

instead of:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
/* current comment line */
/*  */

foo
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

So the command has deleted a space in the new comment line and
at the same time not deleted an (originally temporary) new line
underneath it.

Here is the fix in the file simple.el:

(defun indent-new-comment-line ()
  (interactive ...)
  (let (...)
    (...)
    (if comcol
	(let (...)
	  (...)
  	  (if (not (eolp))
	      (setq comment-end ""))
	  (insert ?\n)
	  (forward-char -1)
	  (indent-for-comment)
	  (save-excursion		; <= keep point
	    (end-of-line)		; <= skip over inserted comment end
	    (delete-char 1)))
      (if fill-prefix
	  (insert fill-prefix)
	(indent-according-to-mode)))))




-Ulf