I seem to have fixed the indentation errors (including TAB sometimes
indenting to the absolute start of the line) with setq-default:

https://github.com/mcandre/dotfiles/commit/ce37a07f7fb7df3c15c6fde436150cb6b9cf5e96#L0R232


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you. I meant to type -Q, honest, but typed -nw by mistake. :P Yes,
> something in my .emacs is to blame.
>
> https://github.com/mcandre/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs
> On Apr 18, 2013 5:59 PM, "Alan Mackenzie" <acm@muc.de> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi, Andrew.
>>
>> Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: ISO-8859-1, 41 lines --]
>>
>> > When I try to indent in java-mode, Emacs throws an error.
>>
>> > Trace:
>>
>> > $ emacs -nw
>> > C-x h DEL
>> > M-x java-mode
>> > public class Test { RET
>> > TAB
>> > Minibuffer: Error evaluating offset + for inclass: Got invalid value
>> > tab-width
>>
>> > C-h v tab-width
>> > 8
>>
>> Does the problem occur when you start '$ emacs -nw -Q'?  It doesn't with
>> me.
>>
>> Might there possibly be something in your .emacs contributing towards
>> the problem?
>>
>> [ .... ]
>>
>> > --
>> > Cheers,
>>
>> > Andrew Pennebaker
>> > www.yellosoft.us
>>
>> --
>> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
>>
>>


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Cheers,

Andrew Pennebaker
www.yellosoft.us