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exits funnel <exitsfunnel@yahoo.com> writes:

> I'm a new Emacs user.  I'm using it primarily to write c++/Java on
> RedHat Linux.  So far I love it though there is one thing which
> annoys me.  The default indentation is four spaces.  I'd desparately
> like to change it to two.  Learning LIST is on my todo list but in
> the mean time, How can I do this?  Thanks in advance.

(defun ef-c-setup ()
  (setq c-basic-offset 2))
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'ef-c-setup)
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'ef-c-setup)

The above does it for C and C++ -- I'm sure you can do Java yourself.
-- 
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