Re: Hungry delete for C, C++ and Java?

["William Payne" <mikas_n_o_s_p_a_m_493@student.liu.se>]

"William Payne" <mikas_n_o_s_p_a_m_493@student.liu.se> wrote in message
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>
> "Alan Mackenzie" <none@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> > William Payne <mikas_n_o_s_p_a_m_493@student.liu.se> wrote on Wed, 21
Apr
> > 2004 00:27:06 +0200:
> >
> > >> > .... and I was wondering how I turn on hungry delete per default
for
> > >> > C, C++ and Java?
> >
> > >> In an appropriate hook function (probably on c-mode-common-hook)
> include:
> >
> > >> (c-toggle-hungry-state 1)
> >
> > >> [, and as a matter of interest, C-c C-d will execute
> > >> `c-toggle-hungry-state' interactively].  <backspace> and C-d (but not
> > >> <del>) then do hungry deletion.  It looks as thought the fine manual
> > >> could do with some clarification on this point.
> >
> > > Thanks for the reply, Alan. My .emacs file is as follows, where should
> > > I put (c-toggle-hungry-state 1)? Under (defun my-c++-mode ()
> > > (interactive) and (defun my-java-mode () (interactive) ?
> >
> > > My .emacs file was created years and years ago by someone else, I wish
I
> > > understood it better...I am guessing it could be cleaned-up/improved
> alot.
> >
> > > Fyi, I am using CC-Mode 5.30.8.
> >
> > A stable released version without bugs. (hah! :-)
> >
> > OK, a few comments on your .emacs file:
> >
> > >   '("\\.pike$"   . my-c++-mode)    ; element of auto-mode-alist
> >
> > There is actually a Pike Mode within CC Mode.  If that's the same
> > language that your files.pike are, it would be better than c++-mode.
>
> Thanks for noticing this. I have removed this entry completely.
>
> > Also, you're using C++ Mode for C files.  Also not _so_ bad, but not
> > quite optimal.
> >
>
> Yes, I guess I should change that. First I will have to convert all my c++
> header files to end in .hpp instead of .h. I also have to fix the
> indentation in some cases, it's not behaving as I want it to behave.
>
> > > (defun my-java-mode () (interactive)
> > >   (java-mode)
> > >   (require 'jdok)
> > >   (c-toggle-hungry-state 1)   ;  <====================================
> > >   (setq c-basic-offset 3) ; Indent three columns.
> > >   (setq c-offsets-alist
> >
> > It looks like you've already got c-toggle-hungry-state turned on, here.
> > Does it work?  Have you inserted this line here in the last day or two,
> > perhaps?  It ought to work.
> >
>
> I added that after your first reply and, yes, it works. =)
>
> > If it now works and you're happy about it, that's great, and just ignore
> > what follows.
> >
> >
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> >
> > However, if you're interested in getting to know Emacs and CC Mode a bit
> > better, the way you've got CC Mode configured is highly unusual, and
> > suggests the person who wrote the .emacs didn't fully understand the way
> > Emacs works.
> >
> > Your setup for C++ Mode looks like this in outline:
> >
> > (defun my-c++-mode ()
> >   (c++-mode)
> >   (williams-customizations))
> >
> > This compels you to add entries to auto-mode-alist (this is the list
> > which tells Emacs which mode to use for a filename).  Normally C++ Mode
> > is configured by using "hooks" - you give c++-mode a list of functions
> > you want to get called whenever c++-mode runs.  You then get the
> > customizations you want without need to have functions like my-c++-mode.
> > You could reformulate your code like this:
> >
> > (defun williams-c++-hook ()
> >   (williams-customizations))
> > (add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'williams-c++-hook)
> >
> > That way, you could get rid of all these entries to auto-mode-alist.
> > Customizations which are common to C, C++, Java, Pike, (such as the
> > call of c-toggle-hungry-state) you need only write once, in
> > c-mode-common-hook, like this:
> >
> > (defun williams-common-hook ()
> >   (c-toggle-hungry-state 1)
> >   (other-customizations))
> > (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'williams-common-hook)
> >
> > This is extensively described on the page "Hooks" in the CC Mode manual,
> > and the page "Sample .emacs File" would also be of interest.
> >
> > > / WP
> >
>
> I am very interested in cleaning up my .emacs-file and understanding emacs
> and cc-mode better. I am not quite sure I follow you on the hooks (having
> done zero lisp coding), but I will try to understand it and incorporate
your
> suggestions.
> > -- 
> > Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
> > Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
> > (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").
> >
>
> / William Payne
>
>

Ok, I have added a C++ hook now and it seems to work but why doesn't give it
me the same indentation rules as it does for a c++-file? I don't mind it, I
just don't understand it...

/ WP