Settings in c-offsets-alist ignored ?

Settings in c-offsets-alist ignored ?

[Markus Grunwald]

Hello,

I'm using xemacs for years and now I got curious about gnu emacs. I've
already "ported" most of my usual settings, but the cc-mode indentation
doesn't work.

When editing C++ files (I suspect in cc-mode, the modeline shows "C++" )
the indentation is not as I like it. So I change c-offsets-alist via the
customisation menu but nothing happens. Is there any special setting that
enables custom offsets or what am I missing ? 

I'm using emacs 21.4a+1-3 from debian stable.

Thanks for any help ! If this works good, I might convert ;)

cu
Markus

Re: Settings in c-offsets-alist ignored ?

[Markus Grunwald]

Hello,

> When editing C++ files (I suspect in cc-mode, the modeline shows "C++" )
> the indentation is not as I like it. So I change c-offsets-alist via the
> customisation menu but nothing happens.

Hmm, seems noone can help me ... This means noone knows about this problem
or I didn't make it clear. What information could be missing ? Please tell
me what data I could supply...

Thanks,
Markus

Re: Settings in c-offsets-alist ignored ?

[Alexey Pustyntsev]

Markus Grunwald <markus.grunwald@gmx.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using xemacs for years and now I got curious about gnu emacs. I've
> already "ported" most of my usual settings, but the cc-mode indentation
> doesn't work.
>
> When editing C++ files (I suspect in cc-mode, the modeline shows "C++" )
> the indentation is not as I like it. So I change c-offsets-alist via the
> customisation menu but nothing happens. Is there any special setting that
> enables custom offsets or what am I missing ? 
>
> I'm using emacs 21.4a+1-3 from debian stable.
>
> Thanks for any help ! If this works good, I might convert ;)
>
> cu
> Markus
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>

Hi!

What kind of indentation you wish to set? Could you be more specific
about it? I may be wrong but I think you should try different C
styles first. Go to a customization buffer for C-like languages (M-x
customize-group, then enter "C") and play with "C Default Style".
For instance, I have set "java" for "Java" and "stroustrup" for
"other".
Anyway, a concrete example of your code would be helpful to us. 

-- 
Rgds
Alexey