Re: indentation in jde/java mode

[Alan Mackenzie]

ad <as@no-span.org> wrote on Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:07:01 -0400:
> Hi,

> I am running "GNU Emacs 21.3.1" in my debian box. I have the following
> in my ".emacs" file to use 2 char indentation for my java files:

> (defun my-jde-mode-hook ()
>       (setq c-basic-offset 2))

> (add-hook 'jde-mode-hook 'my-jde-mode-hook)
> (add-hook 'java-mode-hook 'my-jde-mode-hook)


> This seems to be working fine when I edit/view files with emacs, but
> when I look at the files with other editors or viewers, like "less", I
> see the indentation is actually 8.

> It seems like when the file is saved, the indentation is changing to
> 8.

> Am I doing something wrong within my ".emacs"?

Quick question: are you sure that your indentation is done with two
spaces, and not with a TAB, tab-width having somehow been set to 2?

> Thank you.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
(like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").