Re: How to change Perl mode indentation to two spaces and no tabs?

[Kenneth Wolcott]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:
> Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'd like to change the default indentation of the
>> Emacs Perl mode from four spaces (and tabs?) to be
>> two spaces and no tabs. How do I do this?
>>
>> I'd also like to do this for my bash (bourne?)
>> shell scripts.
>
> I agree tabs shouldn't be used in source - except for
> Makefiles, because there it won't work otherwise.
>
> Try this:
>
>     (setq-default tab-width 2)
>     (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
>
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Hi Emanuel;

  Thank you for your response!

  However, it looks like bash mode and perl mode seem to overrule
these two lines when I place them in my ~/.emacs file as I see the
same four space indentation when typing in new text in new files.

  So, either I placed these lines in the wrong file or these lines
need to be within the context of the mode (or both).

  I like the syntax highlighting and the formatting (in general) of
the perl mode, I just want multiples of two spaces for indentation
rather than multiples of  four.

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott