Re: Emacs behavior

[Steve Revilak <steve@srevilak.net>]

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>From: "VICTOR TARABOLA CORTIANO" 

>I would like to change the default behavior of Emacs in C mode, I
>use tabs instead of spaces for editing, so I changed my .emacs[1]
>to behave the way I want.
>
>For instance, I want:
>
>function()
>{
>	commands;
>}
>
>But Emacs automatically modify the text to:
>
>function()
>  {
>    commands;
>  }
>
>It works the way I want in text-mode, but I want syntax highligting.
>
>I would like Emacs to behave like mg or vi in C mode.


I've been working on a C project where most of the source code was
indented using tabs, and I wanted my edits to follow the same
formatting.  A solution that worked for me was

/*
  * Local Variables:
  * c-basic-offset: 8
  * indent-tabs-mode: t
  * End:
  */

I added this Local Variables block at the bottom of each .c file I
needed to edit.  (I didn't want to change the behavior of C mode
globally; instead, I merely wanted to change it in a few specific
files.)

Putting something like

  (setq c-basic-offset 8
        indent-tabs-mode t)

into ~/.emacs may give some of the behavior you're looking for.

You can also try

   (setq c-indentation-style "linux")

For a description of cc-mode styles, these are good places to start:

   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Choosing-a-Style.html#Choosing-a-Style
   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Built_002din-Styles.html#Built_002din-Styles

Finally, c-insert-tab-function might also be useful to you.

    http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Indentation-Commands.html#index-TAB-17

Steve

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