Questions tagged [indentation]
Indenting is used to organize code by indicating blocks, closures, conditionals, and other constructs. It makes code easier to read, and in some languages is used to handle control flow.
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Evil mode "o" auto indent in text mode - how to turn it off?
When I press o in evil mode (which moves the cursor to the line under, and goes into insert mode), the cursor is indented by two spaces.
When I press o, the cursor goes
here
This happens in text ...
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c-mode inconsistent indentation (sometimes tabs, sometimes spaces)
I have the following line in my .emacs file:
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
but sometimes my indents still come through as tabs rather than spaces in c-mode. It is inconsistent; roughly 70% of my ...
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C offset is 2 with treesit
I recently started using treesit and I'm noticing with C files, my auto-indent is 2 spaces. How can I fix this to make it 4 spaces again? I've tried c-basic-offset.
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how to turn off python formatting in emacs
I have a python program that I edit in emacs. However, sometimes when I save it, it gets re-indented, and in doing so, messes up the indentation of sections, where I have some code and then some ...
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How do I trim spaces and indentations after traversing a DOM tree?
The following traverse the dom tree and provide an iterative custom formatting. However during the formatting, there are empty spaces and indentations which I needed to trim.
;;; This is where the ...
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Indentation not being followed on TypeScript/TSX
I have problem with the indentation in JSX/TSX files, I'm not sure how to describe it but the thing is that it does not follow the indentation on the file, please take a look the gif below:
After ...
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how to indent strictly in multiples of tabstop (e.g. 4)
Demonstration of the problem:
# starting point:
function hello_world {
_somecommand_ parameter '
| <--- point/cursor is here on step one
'
}
# the next step (I take issue with):
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How can I make `fill-paragraph` on selected text respect indentation in AUCTeX?
Using fill-paragraph in AUCTeX normally respects the given indentation. However, if I use fill-paragraph on a selection, only the first line will be indented, the other lines won't. Is there a way to ...
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How to indent-region with TAB key?
I want to detect if selection made was activated and bind appropriate code for indent-region or ifselection mode was not activate - other code.
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Unexpected auto indentation by 8 spaces with AucTeX
It's currently hitting the standard list-like environments and comments but I can't quite figure when exactly it happens, as it looks non-deterministic: sometimes in a big document I actually get a ...
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List Adaptive Fill Keeps Growing for Lists in Olivetti Mode
I'm having trouble with my org lists. They seem to have an ever increasing amount of adaptive-fill as I nest them deeper and deeper.
A picture of the problem is below. These are all single lines in ...
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perl-mode brace indentation
How can I get perl-mode to indent:
func({
foo => 'bar',
});
as
func({
foo => 'bar',
});
without switching to cperl-mode?
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add a new line with the same indentation level as the current line
when python code block gets larger, it's hard to find the right indentation level
def foo():
for a in l: # l1
# l1-1
for b in k: # l2
print(a)
# (2)
print(b)
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python, open parenthesis at beginning of line inserts a space
Python code snippet
(imin_f, jmin_f), (imax_f, jmax_f) = island_f
non_overlap =set()
n of non_overlab is behind ( , I can't tell which mode is doing it..
c-h k ( gives.
( runs the command ...
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How can i remove a single space or tab in the hungry mode?
I use package hungry-delete for deleting whole indentation but I don't know how can I force removing a single space or tab in that mode. Is there any way to do it or do I need to temporarily disable ...
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.emacs c-mode/indent settings being ignored
I've been using Emacs forever now but more recently all of my new Linux setups start out with broken c-mode settings that I can't figure out how to fix. Changes in .emacs seem to have no effect, as if ...
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indentation and syntax highlighting stops working randomly
Every now and when emacs indentation and syntax highlighting stops working. This seems to affect all modes that I'm using (primarily org-mode,ess-mode and emacs-lisp-mode), and manifests itself in ...
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C/C++ with tree sitter: how to change indent?
I use Emacs with tree sitter for c++ code (c++-ts-mode).
With usual c++-mode I've used this fix for me:
(c-set-offset 'inline-open '0)
but I don't understand how to do it in new c++-ts-mode.
In ...
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How do I turn off electric-indent mode within 'Fundamental' mode?
Currently, in my .emacs.d/init.el, I have:
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(setq indent-line-function 'insert-tab)
(push (cons "\\*shell\\*" display-buffer--...
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SMIE: defining a build.ninja grammar
I'm trying to write a mode in SMIE, to figure out how it works and to create some documentation.
build.ninja (a build system used by Meson and others) is a perfect candidate due to its very simple ...
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How to configure Emacs to support indented C preprocessor statements?
In some cases I deal with code that has heavily indented C preprocessor statements and want to setup Emacs to work with it without changing that indentation and follow the same indentation when having ...
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indent-buffer At top level
Not really sure why this has stopped working
When I run the command
indent-buffer
..it just says
At top level
Same if I mark the whole buffer and run indent-region.
Any way to debug this?;)
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Python-mode Multi-line Conditional Indentation
Given the following somewhat silly Python code with a multi-line condition:
if ("VALUE" in my_uncessarily_long_dictionary and
some_other_long_condition_case):
do_something()
else:
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How to always use tabs when pressing the tab key?
I use an indentation sensitive language (imba) and I need to always use tabs.
I'm using doom emacs and I'm also writing a wip major mode for Imba. But I press tab and it adds indentation using tabs (a ...
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How to fix indentation of items below header 3 in org mode?
In org mode, when I do a header 1 or 2, the bullets beneath it snaps to align under the header.
But bullets do not indent under for header 3. How do I edit this?
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Org mode recursive section indentation
I would like to add a "super-heading" with recursive section indentation.
By that I mean that I want to transform the content:
* Fruits
** Durian
** Jackfruit
** Lychee
to become
* Produce
*...
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How to indent curly braces {} in php-mode?
I'm using Doom Emacs with emacs version 28.2. I want to use emacs to write all of my php code using php-mode and all the utilities it brings but the indentation is not what I want. When I type ENTER ...
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How to set brace style for empty function in Doom emacs?
When defining an empty function Doom emacs makes it such that the function automatically looks like this:
// after inserting braces
void my_func() {}
// after pressing enter
void my_func() {
}
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how to get correct indentation in haskell-mode in spacemacs
When in haskell mode indentation is not working quite how I expect it to.
When pressing enter in an "else" statement the cursor goes to the beginning of the line instead of the correct one ...
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Emacs 28.1: Bash Shell Script Indenting does not recognize if [....];then
Since upgrade to Emacs 28.1, I have noted an annoy change in shell-script mode auto-formatting.
I would like to recover the old behavior
Before, if I entered
if [ "$x" = "" ];then
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Get auto-indentation with newline-and-indent in Scheme REPL
My Scheme REPL is not auto-indenting; I eventually tried just <M-x> newline-and-indent from within a define block in the REPL, and there's no indentation. It works fine in SLIME and .lisp files.
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Indenting inside a sexp "as is the containiing sexp were not there"
I need to customize lisp-indent-function for a particular type of functions in such a way that it would indent lines "as if the function call were not there"; for instance say that I want to ...
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How to instruct AUCTeX to ignore a specific character when indenting?
I'm writing a document with AUCTeX using the songs package. It all works well, but it requires to input chords like in the sequence \[La]. The problem is, AUCTeX ignores the first bracket (since it is ...
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How can I prevent adding a TAB if inner block is already aligned, in `pine-script-mode`?
I am using pine-script-mode with a 4 space TAB.
Here is an inner block of an if statement that is already aligned. How can I prevent adding a TAB char (or 4 space chars) when I press TAB?
pine file:
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delete backwards until indentation
In my config I have
(bind-keys*
("C-<backspace>" . (lambda () (interactive) (kill-line 0))))
which deletes the entire line backwards until column position 0. I would like to only ...
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cant indent with tabs
In my ~/.emacs I have among other things, the following, at the end:
(define-key c++-mode-map (kbd "<C-tab>") 'company-irony)
(define-key c++-mode-map (kbd "<tab>") '...
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Inconsistent indentation in org-mode
I am an Emacs (and Stack Exchange) newbie, but I think I did my reading. I don't know why Emacs shows an inconsistent indentation in documents longer than one screen. My relevant settings are:
(setq ...
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Babel C++ blocks have incorrect indentation
When using a C++ source block in org-mode, the indentation doesn't match that of the C++ major mode.
Viewing the source block in the org file:
Viewing the same code in a C++ mode buffer or using org-...
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How to remove margin space from multiple paragraphs simultaneously in orgmode
Sometimes when copypasting from the web, orgmode retains the margin in the text.
Is there a command in Emacs to remove it?
I know of cycle-spacing, but this is slow as it works line by line.
Is there ...
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How to make tab-width 4 space in pine-script-mode?
I am using pine-script-mode for TradingView Pine script.
When I follow https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/17565/18414 I have applied:
(defun my-custom-settings-fn ()
(setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
(...
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How to set up K&R everywhere (1TBS) brace style in cc-mode?
I'd like Emacs to follow this indentation style:
struct Foo {
void bar() {
for (int i=0; i<10; i++) {
if (condition) {
// code
// code
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Use spaces for indentation in Protocol-Buffers mode
Protocol-Buffers mode binds c-indent-line-or-region to the TAB key. Since one of my projects uses 4 spaces for .proto file indentation, I've tried customizing indent-tabs-mode to nil, and tab-width ...
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indent-region does not respect my c-mode style
This is my C style:
(defconst mira-c-style
'((c-basic-offset . 4)
(indent-tabs-mode . nil)
(tab-width . 7)
(c-comment-only-line-offset . (0 . 0))
(c-lineup-C-comments . 0)
(c-...
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format old file to org-indent-mode
I want to convert file created without (org-indent-mode) to (org-indent-mode) format. Mostly it's additional 2,3,4 spaces. I was trying to fix it with string-replace. But maybe somebody have better ...
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Can't set indentation to 4 spaces because hook is not called
I'm trying to set the indentation in C++ files to be 4 spaces. To achieve this I have the following config:
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(defun init-c-cpp ()
(setq ...
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Switch Cases's code block doesn't get indented in JavaScript mode
I'm having trouble with the indentation of the cases's code-blocks in my switch statements
it looks like this:
switch(var)
{
case "case1":
case's code line 1;
case's code line 2;
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Comment continuation in block comments
It used to work in c-mode, but I cannot get it back, and now I miss it in rustic, too:
If in a block comment, I want Emacs to insert "\n * " after I hit return:
/**
*<-- [if I hit return ...
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Indentation in HEREDOC
I'm looking for a way to make the indentation in HEREDOCs better. In my case, it's specifically in Ruby, but maybe this is a general question. Basically, I have the following situation: in our tests, ...
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Is it possible to use LSP for font-lock or indentation?
I'm writing C++ and running into problems with font-lock-mode often getting confused by more obscure language features (e.g., operator""_ud). I also find that indentation doesn't work very ...
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Why emacs editor changes indent automatically when copy a context into it?
I'm using web-mode package.
The source(.tsx file) in Emacs before:
import React from "react";
export default {
...
args: {
name: "", // Here
},
decorators,
};
The ...
