baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R) (11/12/90)
I want to make a tab in emacs go 4 spaces every time I press tab. I am mostly using C-mode, and I have c-indent-level set to 4, and c-tab-always-indent set to nil so I can tab in the middle of a line. However, the tabs in the middle of a line go 8 spaces, and I want them to go only 4 spaces. Also, if I do something like: #ifndef lint static char *RCSid=... #endif The static char line will only be indented 2 instead of 4. I know there must be one of those strange c-mode varaibles dealing with this type of stuff, but I don't know what it is, or if there isn't how do I change this? it's not a big deal for preprocessor stuff, but I'd still like to change it. In other words, I want tab to go 4 spaces in every mode, and every conditions within emacs. How do I do this? Chris Bailey :: baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU One Agro Mountain Biker - Dialed in for ultra gonzo badness! "No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government" - RUSH Member of Team Buck Naked of Buckingham Palace
mdb@ESD.3Com.COM (Mark D. Baushke) (11/14/90)
If you want tab stops to always be a multiple of 4, the variable tab-stop-list should be modified to something like: (setq tab-stop-list '(4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 100 104 108 112 116 120)) There is also a small glitch in c-mode.el which inserts a literal tab instead of going to the next tab stop. Here is a fix for that: *** lisp/c-mode.el~ Fri May 27 18:28:12 1988 --- lisp/c-mode.el Tue Nov 13 09:51:29 1990 *************** *** 287,293 **** (save-excursion (skip-chars-backward " \t") (not (bolp)))) ! (insert-tab) (c-indent-line)))) (defun c-indent-line () --- 287,295 ---- (save-excursion (skip-chars-backward " \t") (not (bolp)))) ! ;; (insert-tab) ! ;; modified by mdb: tab to tab stop seems more friendly, no? ! (tab-to-tab-stop) (c-indent-line)))) (defun c-indent-line () It would be nice if 18.56 would include the above patch. Of course, you would not need to modify c-mode if you arrange to set indent-tabs-mode to nil for every c-mode buffer you visit. This variable controls the insertion of the tab character into a buffer. Enjoy! -- Mark D. Baushke mdb@ESD.3Com.COM