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From: bd@hpsemc.HP.COM (bob desinger)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: C-mode indentation weirdness
Message-ID: <690007@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 88 19:29:57 GMT
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Organization: HP SEMC, Cupertino, CA
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Paul Czarnecki (pz@munsell.UUCP) asks:
> Why does Gnu emacs indent this C code like this?

RMS likes it that way.  It looks weird to my taste, too, but then
he probably hates my style so we're even.

> Is there a coding style or emacs variable that I need to change?

Here are the relevant lines from my .emacs.  I sure wish I remembered
where I got them from.  (An info-node somewhere?)

;; C-mode (kernel style)
(setq c-tab-always-indent nil)	; \t inserts itself if point is at midline
(setq c-indent-level 8)		; \t indents this much
(setq c-continued-statement-offset 8)	; indent "then" clauses, etc.
(setq c-brace-offset -8)	; begin hanging braces under keyword
(setq c-argdecl-indent 8)	; function arg decls indented this much
(setq c-label-offset -8)	; "case" lines inside of switches


-- bd