Re: Indentation within block

Hello, Ryan.

Good to hear from you again!

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:01:53 +0000, Dixon Ryan (ETAS-VOS/XPC-Yok1) via CC-Mode-help wrote:
> Hello Alan,

> I am sure it is my fault for not reading some relevant part of
> documentation, but I have tried while at work.

;-)

> I use:
> (setq c-default-style "linux"
>       c-basic-offset 4
>       indent-tabs-mode nil)

> Everything works as expected until:

> ===
> If(x)
> {[]
> ===
> Two cases:

> 1. At the marker [] if I press return a new line is inserted and always
> with a tab character.
> 2. If instead at the marker [] I press the "down arrow" and press C-o
> and then press the tab character there is a tab character inserted.

> What am I doing wrong. It seems to only be a problem in the block. I
> know that linux mode uses tabs (I think) - what do I need to set to
> eradicate tabs.

setq'ing c-default-style to "linux" is fine, but c-basic-offset is a
buffer local variable, so setq'ing it will only set it in the current
buffer.  Same with indent-tabs-mode.

There are several ways to fix this (alas, too many), but I would
recommend you, in your .emacs (or init.el) to have:

(setq c-default-style "linux")
(defun rd-cc-variables ()
  (setq c-basic-offset 4
        indent-tabs-mode nil))
(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook #'rd-cc-variables)

(not tested).  That should ensure that the the two buffer local variables
get set in each CC Mode buffer.

> Regards,

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).