From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .emacs Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:36:11 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3E0CCD32.90602@free.fr> Reply-To: gebser@ameritech.net NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041076377 8684 80.91.224.249 (28 Dec 2002 11:52:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18SFWR-0002Fw-00 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 12:52:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18SFTY-0002q5-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:49:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18SFTM-0002pM-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:49:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18SFTK-0002oW-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:49:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhost2-bcvloh.bcvloh.ameritech.net ([66.73.20.44] helo=mailhost.bcv2.ameritech.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18SFGG-00016J-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:36:12 -0500 Original-Received: from heidegger.mousecar.net ([65.43.217.16]) by mailhost.bcv2.ameritech.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP <20021228113610.JLPG12719.mailhost.bcv2.ameritech.net@heidegger.mousecar.net>; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 06:36:10 -0500 Original-To: Oodini In-Reply-To: <3E0CCD32.90602@free.fr> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5061 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5061 You should tell us which operating system you are using. Your .emacs file will be in different locations depending upon the OS on which it is installed. Doing "C-h v user-init-file RETURN" should return the name of the file you're looking for. hth, ken Oodini at 22:59 (UTC+0100) on Fri, 27 Dec 2002 said: = Hello, = = I am reading "Programmiong with GNU tools", and so I am discovering Unix. = = They say in the book that I am supposed to find in my user directory the = file .emacs. It wasn't there. So I created it and put these lines inside: = = (setq c-indent-level 5) = (setq c-continued-statement-offset 5) = (setq c-argdecl-indent 0) = (setq c-brace-offset -5) = (setq c-label-offset -5) = = I don't know yet EMacs, but I suppose that with this file, indents must = be 5 characters when I am in C mode. But that doesn't work... = = PLease confirm the supposed behaviour of EMacs with this setup. = =