* Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> Alan Shutko wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Does anyone know how to set xemacs to use 4 spaces when you hit the tab
> > > key?
> >
> > What mode?
>
> C programming mode. (That's a guess. I don't know anything about
> xemacs modes but I'm using it to edit C source files.)
To make emacs use proper tabs in c & c++ mode, add this to ~/.emacs.el:
;; proper tabs for C/C++ code
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(setq c-basic-offset 8)))
(add-hook 'c-mode-hook
'(lambda ()
(setq c-basic-offset 8)))
Regards, Stig
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