Re: Indentation settings problems

[Bernardo]

TriKri said the following on 19/09/09 20:46:
> Hi. I'm having some trouble getting the size of the indentation right. I'm
> writing a .cpp-file, but I guess the indentation will work in about the same
> way as for a .c-file. I'm running windows (more specifically windows 7), and
> I've just installed GNU Emacs 23.1.1. The indentation is 2 spaces right now.
> I prefer a tab instead (with tab width 4), or possibly 4 spaces if tab is
> not possible. Here is what I've tried: I enter the options, go to
> Editing->Indent, where I find that the variable "Standard Indent" is set to
> 4. I get 2 spaces when I indent, why not 4? Okay I get 2 spaces, so how do I
> change it? I have also tried changing "C Basic Offset" in
> Programming->Languages->C to "Override style settings: 4", but that doesn't
> work either. It's still indenting with 2 spaces.
>
> So, I would prefer 4 spaces instead of 2, or even better, a tab, and having
> the tab width set to 4 (how I now can change the tab width) so someone else
> with another text editor can apply another indentation size on my code by
> simply setting the tab width in their editor. Can someone tell me how to
> change this? And I'm an Emacs newbie, so you will have to tell me exactly
> which variables to change and how to change them.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> -Kristofer

er, don't know about the menus - i never use them and have them turned 
off, but the following in your .emacs should work:

(setq-default tab-width 4
              indent-tabs-mode t)

you could quickly evaluate it with C-x C-e to see its effect