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From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to make c-indent-line-region respect indent-tabs-mode when it's already aligned?
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 15:48:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874mmty94l.fsf@topbug.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83d21iuovh.fsf@gnu.org>

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
>> Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 01:28:13 -0700
>> 
>> Currently it seems that c-indent-line-region ignores the value of
>> indent-tabs-mode. For example, I have the following in a buffer
>> 
>>     int main()
>>     {
>>     <Tab>int x;
>>     }
>> 
>> and my indent-tabs-mode is nil. If 8 spaces is what expected, calling
>> c-indent-line-or-region would do nothing. However, if it's not aligned
>> 
>>     int main()
>>     {
>>     <Tab>   int x;
>>     }
>> 
>> calling c-indent-line-or-region would correct the tab with appropriate
>> number of spaces.
>> 
>> Is there a different line indentation function which respects
>> indent-tabs-mode even the line is already aligned?
>
> You are using the wrong command.  You should use untabify to convert
> tabs to spaces, or tabify to do the opposite.

Thanks. Is there a single command to do formatting though? I think
people want to format the line more than simply "indent" the line.

Hong

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-30 22:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-30  8:28 How to make c-indent-line-region respect indent-tabs-mode when it's already aligned? Hong Xu
2015-05-30 14:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-05-30 22:48   ` Hong Xu [this message]
2015-05-31  2:40     ` Eli Zaretskii

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