From: Jiri Pejchal <xpejchal@fi.muni.cz>
Subject: Re: Emacs newbie - Syntax Highlighting and Indentation
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:48:10 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <qlc3ccq4zad.fsf@nymfe04.fi.muni.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bp2tgs$j0p$1@news.net.uni-c.dk
David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen@gmx.net> writes:
> I've installed the Windows version of Emacs 21.3.1.
> I have read some tutorials, but I have two questions (for now):
>
> 1) How do I enable syntax highlighting by default, for any type of
> file / extension / mode that supports it? I have enabled it in the
> Options menu, and saved my options. But isn't there a non-menu-way
> of doing this, so I can get to learn and understand how to
> configure emacs myself?
Put (global-font-lock-mode 1) in your .emacs (maybe it's _emacs on
Windows) -- that is configuration file for Emacs. (You don't have to do
it if you have saved the options).
Start with Control-h t --> tutorial
Then you can start reading manual: Control-h i Emacs RETURN
>
> 2) When I edit a java file, the Java major mode i automatically
> loaded. But when I press TAB at the beginning of a new line, i get
> an indentation of 4 spaces. How do I alter this to 2 spaces
(setq c-basic-offset 2)
> instead? Or any other number of spaces? What if I want to get a tab
> character instead of spaces, when indenting (I really don't, but I
> would like to know)?
Everything is possible, just read the manual:-)
--
Jiri Pejchal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-14 17:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-14 15:52 Emacs newbie - Syntax Highlighting and Indentation David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 17:13 ` Uwe Siart
2003-11-14 17:48 ` Jiri Pejchal [this message]
2003-11-14 18:08 ` Michael M Mason
2003-11-14 18:20 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-15 14:18 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 15:08 ` Artur Hefczyc
[not found] ` <mailman.86.1068840578.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-14 21:33 ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-11-14 22:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-11-14 23:15 ` David Rasmussen
[not found] ` <mailman.117.1068862385.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-15 11:06 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 12:43 ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-11-15 12:47 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 22:13 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 22:22 ` Jody M. Klymak
2003-11-15 9:47 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-17 13:39 ` Kevin Dziulko
[not found] ` <david.rasmussen@gmx.net>
2003-11-14 19:07 ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-11-15 1:11 ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-11-15 15:09 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 16:50 ` Artur Hefczyc
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