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Artur Hefczyc wrote:
> 
> The shortest answer to your question is:
> 
> Put to your .emacs file following code:
> (setq c-basic-offset 2)
> 

Where exactly in .emacs do I put this? Just at the bottom after 
everything else?

> Other setting you might find useful for Java coding are:
> (setq tab-width 4
>       indent-tabs-mode nil)
> 

What does this do?

/David