Re: indenting

[Billy N. Patton]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I do not want tab characters.
>
>
> Your (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) does that.
>
>
> > I want to be able to hit the tab key after I type int and i1. but the int
> > indents and follows the tab.  What I end up with is
> >              int i1 = 0;
> > THis is no more readable than having everything shifted to the left.
> > How can I stop this behavior?
>
>
> Your (setq c-tab-always-indent nil) should have done that.  Can you describe
> very pedantically precisely every little itsy bitsy detail of what you do,
> what you expect, and what happens instead, as if you were talking to
> a complete and total idiot ?

I want to type:

int<tab><tab>i1<tab><tab><tab><tab>= 0;
char*<tab>a_pointer<tab><tab> = null;

to end with
int    i            = 0;
char*  a_pointer    = null;

but what I get now is:
              int i = 0;
    char* a_pointer = null;


> > (add-hook 'c++-mode-hook '(lambda () (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)))
>
>                           ^^^
> This quote is at best unnecessary.  Better remove it.
>
>
> > (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
>
>
> Actually with this default setting your `add-hook' above should not be
> necessary at all.
>
>
> > ;(setq c-tab-always-indent t)
>
>
> A single ; is indented to comment-column (trying hitting TAB, just for fun).
> Use ;; instead.
>
>
>         Stefan


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