Re: Emacs behavior

[Steve Revilak]

> From: "VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO" 

> I would like to change the default behavior of Emacs in C mode, I
> use tabs instead of spaces for editing, so I changed my .emacs[1]
> to behave the way I want.
>
> For instance, I want:
>
> function()
> {
>         commands;
> }
>
> But Emacs automatically modify the text to:
>
> function()
>  {
>    commands;
>  }
>
> It works the way I want in text-mode, but I want syntax highligting.
>
> I would like Emacs to behave like mg or vi in C mode.


I've been working on a C project where most of the source code was
indented using tabs, and I wanted my edits to follow the same
formatting.  A solution that worked for me was

/*
 * Local Variables:
 * c-basic-offset: 8
 * indent-tabs-mode: t
 * End:
 */

I added this Local Variables block at the bottom of each .c file I
needed to edit.  (I didn't want to change the behavior of C mode
globally; instead, I merely wanted to change it in a few specific
files.)

Putting something like

 (setq c-basic-offset 8
       indent-tabs-mode t)

into ~/.emacs may give some of the behavior you're looking for.

You can also try

  (setq c-indentation-style "linux")

For a description of cc-mode styles, these are good places to start:

  
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Choosing-a-Style.html#Choosing-a-Style
  
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Built_002din-Styles.html#Built_002din-Styles

Finally, c-insert-tab-function might also be useful to you.

   
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Indentation-Commands.html#index-TAB-17

Steve

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