Re: C indentation customization

[Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:23:11 PM UTC+5:30, Rusi wrote:
> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 7:54:41 PM UTC+5:30, Rusi wrote:
> > http://emacswiki.org/emacs/IndentingC
> > seems to say that doing
> > 
> > (setq c-default-style "linux"
> >           c-basic-offset 4)
> > 
> > will indent like this:
> > 
> > if(foo)
> > {
> >     bar++;
> > }
> > 
> > ie '{' is not indented, contents is 4 space indented.
> > 
> > Likewise setting to bsd
> > as described https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style#Allman_style
> > seems to say that the '{' wont be indented
> > 
> > None of these work; ie the '{' is always indented.
> 
> Evidently restarting emacs makes it work
> [ie these bindings need to be in effect before CC-mode is loaded(?)]

Should not the early-binding of these deserve a place somewhere (prominent)
in the docs?
Something like:
- For permanent settings do ...
- For temporary trying out do ...