Emacs indentation difficulty

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I'm really trying to switch to emacs, but learning to setup the environment is a real pain. Everybody says it's worth it, so I just continue. I want my c code to be implemented that way: ``` if(asdf) { asdr = 1; } ``` Depending on the current standard (I know, don't get me started), could be: ``` if(asdf) { asdr = 1; } ``` I can't seem to change the indentation size from 2, it always looks like the GNU standard: ``` if(asdf) { asdr = 1; } ``` , which I dislike. Here is what I have put in my .emacs: ``` ; Warn in C for while();, if(x=0), ... (global-cwarn-mode 1) ; no electric mode in c (c-toggle-electric-state -1) ; indent the current line only if the cursor is at the beginning of the line (setq-default c-tab-always-indent nil) (setq-default c-indent-level 4) (setq-default tab-width 4) (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) (setq-default c-basic-offset 4) (setq-default c-basic-indent 4) ; These commands I read about on the web, but they don't work? ;(highlight-tabs) ;(highlight-trailing_…

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Your defaults are possibly being overridden by `cc-mode`'s style feature.

Try initialising the default style like this:

`(setq c-default-style '((java-mode . "java") (awk-mode . "awk") (other . "user")))`

You should be able to paste the preceding line into your .emacs file, or customize the `c-default-style` variable. The default has `(other "gnu")` as the last element of the list, which means that all non-Java and non-awk files get the `gnu` style instead of what you set with `setq`. The special `user` style gets initialised from your manually-set style variables.

Another option is to pick one of the built-in styles instead of defining it yourself, or to create your own style using the `c-add-style` function. To do this, change `"user"` in the above command to the name of the style (as a string). Try the the `stroustrup` or `python` built-in styles to format if-statements how you want.

Emacs indentation difficulty

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