From: Tyler Smith <tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to set tab to be 4 (!) spaces for indention?
Date: 18 Dec 2007 20:10:04 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnfmga8o.67u.tyler.smith@blackbart.sedgenet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f8b3fe3d-c3b8-47aa-9014-b6c5c33b9e65@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com
On 2007-12-18, xz <zhang.xi.cn@gmail.com> wrote:
> For example, I tried
>
> (setq default-tab-width 4)
>
> in the .emacs file.
>
> But it don't change nothing!
No, it changed how tab characters are displayed. Problem is,
indentation is not created with tab characters ;) If you're working in
cc-mode, for example, you will want to use something like:
(setq c-basic-offset 4)
This is called 'syntax-driven indentation', as described (generally) in
the manual node (emacs)Indentation. Details will depend on the
particular mode you're in, so it will take a bit of poking around to
figure out how to set the correct value for the language you're
coding in.
HTH,
Tyler
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2007-12-18 19:40 How to set tab to be 4 (!) spaces for indention? xz
2007-12-18 20:10 ` Tyler Smith [this message]
2007-12-18 20:13 ` Drew Adams
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