On Nov 18, 2006, at 3:42 AM, une wrote:

>
> When writing code in C++ or Java I notice that I can get the code  
> all nicley
> aligned and indented correctly by simply adding a comment at the  
> end of each
> line of code. As you enter the //, the line of code moves to its  
> correct
> alignment. What I have been doing is writing my code and periodically
> tidying it up by adding // at the end of every line of code. My  
> question is,
> can I speed this aligning and indenting process up by formatting  
> the entire
> file using one command? Emacs obviously knows how much each line  
> should be
> indented, but doing it one line at a time by adding // is laborious.
>
> PS - I did not mean to cross post, my first post was in the Gnu  
> Emacs forum.
> Not sure how this website works yet. Sorry.
> -- 

Sounds like you are talking about Meta-Control-Q (in C++ mode but  
probably in Java mode as well).

Use it when you are sitting on top of, for example, an open curly  
brace for a function.  Emacs will then reformat the whole function.

I would also suggest doing "apropos" (usually hooked to Control-H a)  
c-indent

There is a whole bunch of ways to do it.  I find some of them work  
better than others (at least in older emacs versions)

Just in case you don't know... If you find a function that you like  
and want to see if it is connected to a key, do C-h, w.  You will be  
prompted for the function in the mini-buffer.  When you complete it  
and hit return, it will tell you all the places you can get to that  
function.

HTH,
Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )
Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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