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From: Paul Whitfield <NoSpam@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Re: Hi, group.  When I type some C code such as:  if(1)  {     a = 0;  }    The space before 'a=0' is only two characters, how to make it 8  characters ? Thanks.    'Indent' question in C-mode
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:18:10 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45b045bb$0$19996$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1169143219.492572.61130@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>

volunteers@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, group.
> When I type some C code such as:
> if(1)
> {
>    a = 0;
> }
> 
> The space before 'a=0' is automatic two characters, how to make it 8
> characters ? Thanks.
> 
> Vol
> 

This is set by

c-basic-offset.

Which can be customised or set in your .emacs.el.

This sets the basic offset "unit" for all c-mode indenting.



Regards

Paul

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-19  5:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-18 18:00 Hi, group. When I type some C code such as: if(1) { a = 0; } The space before 'a=0' is only two characters, how to make it 8 characters ? Thanks. 'Indent' question in C-mode volunteers
2007-01-18 20:45 ` Radamanthe
2007-01-19  5:18 ` Paul Whitfield [this message]

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