Re: C indentation customization

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
> From: 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 ...

Did you read the node "Config Basics" in the CC Mode manual?  It seems
to discuss precisely these issues.