* Temporarily changing number of spaces in indentation
@ 2012-04-04 7:45 Vineet Naik
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From: Vineet Naik @ 2012-04-04 7:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hello,
I usually use 4 spaces (indent-tabs-mode set to nil) to indent php code.
I have the following line in .emacs file which I guess sets this behaviour
(setq c-basic-offset 4)
I am now temporarily working on some code which uses 8 spaces instead of 4.
So I tried evaluating (setq c-basic-offset 8) in scratch buffer. I see
8 in the mini buffer but it still indents 4 spaces.
If I change this line in .emacs file, save it and restart emacs, then
it uses 8 spaces correctly.
What is the correct way to achieve this ?
Also is there a mode in emacs to smartly adapt to the indentation
style used in a buffer ?
Regards,
Vineet
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* Re: Temporarily changing number of spaces in indentation
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@ 2012-04-04 12:44 ` Xah Lee
2012-04-05 7:37 ` Vineet Naik
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From: Xah Lee @ 2012-04-04 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Apr 4, 12:45 am, Vineet Naik <naik...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I usually use 4 spaces (indent-tabs-mode set to nil) to indent php code.
>
> I have the following line in .emacs file which I guess sets this behaviour
>
> (setq c-basic-offset 4)
>
> I am now temporarily working on some code which uses 8 spaces instead of 4.
>
> So I tried evaluating (setq c-basic-offset 8) in scratch buffer. I see
> 8 in the mini buffer but it still indents 4 spaces.
you probably want to eval that in your current buffer. Not scratch.
Because, am guessing it's a buffer-local var.
> Also is there a mode in emacs to smartly adapt to the indentation
> style used in a buffer ?
Try call c-guess-buffer.
Xah
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* Re: Temporarily changing number of spaces in indentation
2012-04-04 12:44 ` Temporarily changing number of spaces in indentation Xah Lee
@ 2012-04-05 7:37 ` Vineet Naik
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From: Vineet Naik @ 2012-04-05 7:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xah Lee; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 12:45 am, Vineet Naik <naik...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I usually use 4 spaces (indent-tabs-mode set to nil) to indent php code.
>>
>> I have the following line in .emacs file which I guess sets this behaviour
>>
>> (setq c-basic-offset 4)
>>
>> I am now temporarily working on some code which uses 8 spaces instead of 4.
>>
>> So I tried evaluating (setq c-basic-offset 8) in scratch buffer. I see
>> 8 in the mini buffer but it still indents 4 spaces.
>
> you probably want to eval that in your current buffer. Not scratch.
> Because, am guessing it's a buffer-local var.
It worked. Thanks.
Vineet
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