From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs new user. Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:05:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <12863621.post@talk.nabble.com> <12869291.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190693186 19613 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2007 04:06:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:06:26 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 25 06:06:21 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ia1gi-0007UQ-AS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:06:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ia1gf-0001Kx-Fg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:06:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ia1gR-0001Kr-3y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ia1gO-0001KQ-Aa for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ia1gO-0001KN-7O for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:06:00 -0400 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ia1gN-0000nz-LQ for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:05:59 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-4-11.inter.net.il [80.230.4.11]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id HWQ99592 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:02:58 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <12869291.post@talk.nabble.com> (message from Moofar on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:01:15 -0700 (PDT)) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47825 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:01:15 -0700 (PDT) > From: Moofar > Cc: > > I do have one question that would just be very helpful to get me started. I > am working on a file in C, xxx.c and the auto indentation feature is not > working or not turned on. Perhaps it only looks like auto indentation is not working, because you expect it to indent when you press RET (the Enter key). If so, try pressing C-j instead. Also try TAB on a line that already has some text to reindent it. Did those two work? > The c mode is enabled and other functions are working. I'm reading > about the c mode options and options in general through in the > documentation to figure it out, but an easy answer would be a huge > help. C Mode is fully documented in a separate manual, "ccmode".