3 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/erlang.el b/lib/tools/emacs/erlang.el
index 0132587d28..d14b028ae6 100644
--- a/lib/tools/emacs/erlang.el
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/erlang.el
@@ -2933,10 +2933,16 @@ This assumes that the preceding expression is either simple
       (skip-chars-backward " \t")
       ;; Needed to match the colon in "'foo':'bar'".
       (if (not (memq (preceding-char) '(?# ?:)))
-	  col
-	(backward-char 1)
-	(forward-sexp -1)
-	(current-column)))))
+          col
+        ;; Special hack to handle: (note line break)
+        ;; [#myrecord{
+        ;;  foo = foo}]
+        (or
+         (ignore-errors
+           (backward-char 1)
+           (forward-sexp -1)
+           (current-column))
+         col)))))
 
 (defun erlang-indent-parenthesis (stack-position) 
   (let ((previous (erlang-indent-find-preceding-expr)))
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.indented b/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.indented
index d0ea4c29cf..1dc976d8dc 100644
--- a/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.indented
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.indented
@@ -588,3 +588,8 @@ indent_comprehensions() ->
 			    true = (X rem 2)
 	      >>,
     ok.
+
+%% This causes an error in earlier erlang-mode versions.
+foo() ->
+    [#foo{
+	foo = foo}].
diff --git a/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.orig b/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.orig
index 70e97a2e91..feb9e4e5a1 100644
--- a/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.orig
+++ b/lib/tools/emacs/test.erl.orig
@@ -588,3 +588,8 @@ Binary2 = << <<X:8>> || <<X:32,_:32>> <= <<0:512>>,
   true = (X rem 2)
       >>,
 ok.
+
+%% This causes an error in earlier erlang-mode versions.
+foo() ->
+[#foo{
+foo = foo}].