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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Need help with JavaScript `{` indentation
I'd need some guidance with adjusting my indentation settings for js-mode (JavaScript). It should basically look like C/C++'s Stroustrup mode. Most of it works as expected, however there are some ...
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how to differently indent different regions in the same buffer?
I have some scraps of xml and some scraps of scheme in the same buffer
I'd like to indent the xml with svg-mode and scheme with the scheme-mode
I know that org mode can do that but that is ...
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Why is js2-mode changing my indentation level when I type parenthesis
I'm getting started with some JS code in Spacemacs, and trying to get a good indentation level on my method chaining. The trouble is, once I've got an indentation to the place I want it, something (I'...
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web-mode turn off auto indent on yank
How to turn off auto indent on yank in web mode?
As far as I understand, I must call remove-hook with the name of the hook and the function. But how too find them?
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Org ASCII export with indentation preserved
Open your EMACS -Q, enter org mode, and
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setf x '(a b c
d e f))
#+end_src
This is how it will be aligned after org-edit-special (C-c ').
Now ...
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Emacs acting strangely with indentation
So I've recently come back to working with emacs again I mostly write JavaScript in particular React these days and I'm noticing some strange behaviour when trying to indent my code.
it seems the ...
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Indentation of one-line zsh for loops
My EMACS (26.3) thinks the line after
for i (`seq 1 10`) echo $i
should be indented. Is this a bug?
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Generic method to customize indentation?
Is there some method to customize indentation in various Emacs modes, possibly on a per-project level?
Projects can have widely different indentation styles, which can make automatic indentation ...
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How to make backspace respect tab-stops when there is only preceeding white-space?
When pressing backspace, it deletes a single character, however, I would like it to go back the the previous tab-stop level in the case there is only preceding white-space.
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Emacs text-mode as generic, 2-space-<TAB>, plaintext editor: Trouble disabling relative-indent in text-mode, or auto-triggering outline-mode
I need some help getting custom indentation behavior with my .emacs config.
In emacs text-mode / Fundamental Mode, by default a tab will take me to the location of the top line's next word (non ...
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org-indent-mode prevents first-line paragraph indents
I'm a writer (non-programmer) using org-mode mainly for prose notes/planning and writing.
I'm trying to enable first-line paragraph indents for text under Org headings. I discovered paragraph-indent-...
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Emacs occasionally using wrong indent in python
I have a bunch of python files (ie .py files), which I use Emacs to edit. However I keep having the issue where sometimes emacs will indent regions with 8 spaces instead of 4, and I can't figure out ...
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Pressing RET inserts unnecessary whitespace
My Emacs inserts whitespace on the next line if the current line starts with whitespace. IE
a<RET>
<--- whitespace
This happens across modes (python, text-mode, fundamental-mode), ...
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change use-package indentation
I'd like to change use-package's indentation style to look more distinguishable, (more or less) similar like the following indentation style:
(use-package foo
:commands (gah)
:init (setq f 1)
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How to get first nested parameter indented based on outermost function
I would like to get the following cc-mode indentation behavior (c-basic-offset is 4):
outerFunction(innerFunction(
parameter1, parameter2));
However I would like to maintain arglist aligned ...
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Markdown equivalent of `org-indent-mode`?
What's the simplest way of ensuring that the text below a headline in a Markdown file is aligned with the headline? In org-mode you can accomplish this by calling org-indent-mode. Is there a similar ...
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How to prevent indentation from depending on identifier length?
I noticed that a lot of Emacs indentation styles cause the indentation of one line to depend on the length of identifiers in the previous line, for example:
void usage(char* name) {
fprintf(...
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Adjusting indenting for lisp if statements
I am learning common lisp and am trying to follow the style guide suggested by lisp-lang.org. In this style guide is an if statement style that I think makes the code more readable:
(if (cond)
(...
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Indenting LaTeX code for \if \else \fi statements
This is related to this Emacs.SE question.
I use the code from the answer:
(setq LaTeX-begin-regexp "\\(?:begin\\|if@\\)\\b")
(setq LaTeX-end-regexp "\\(?:end\\|else\\|fi\\)\\b")
(defun LaTeX-indent-...
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auto-fill-mode without automatic indentation
Is it possible to prevent auto-fill-mode from automatically indenting new lines according to the previous? I would like new lines to begin at column 0 regardless of the previous line's indentation.
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Add whitespace as indentation with `indent-region`
When using indent-region, emacs will indent code and leave bank spaces untouched. It seems to me that the majority prefer to delete whitespace. However I prefer white space indented with the code. An ...
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Insert “indent” regardless of mode
When typing docstring in python-mode, I always have issue with indentation. If I am at this point (| is the cursor):
def fn():
"""
Args:|"""
If I press Enter, the cursor will move right below ...
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customize js2-mode switch indentation
This is pretty simple but it's thwarting me:
this is how a switch statement indents in js2-mode
switch(letterGrade){
case "A+":
value = 100 ; break;
case "A":
value = 97 ; break;
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Modifying ruby-mode indentation
Currently, ruby-mode in Emacs 27 indents the following snippets like this:
expect(foo).to match(
bar
)
expect(foo).to \
match(bar)
Is there a way to ...
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Python indent closing parentheses for multi-line function
I've discovered some reformatting with Black or Yapf:
def responses(self, foo=SuperLongClassnameBar.FOOBAR
) -> List['Foobar']:
Using emacs and elpy, it won't indent the closing ...
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electric-pair-mode screws indentation
I have some trouble with my emacs indentation. Since I have enabled electric-pair-mode my indentation is screwed when I use hanging braces. Example (| is my cursor):
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{...
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Customize indent of line-continuation in f90-mode?
In f90-mode, is it possible to make continuation lines indent to the opening parenthesis instead of by a fixed amount of columns, without having to rewrite f90-indent-line?
For conformance with a ...
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How to “escape” a plain list / cannot outdent region
This is start from:
* Up
** Foo
- x
Notice that the plain list under Foo is indented. This is what I want next:
* Up
** Foo
- x
** Bar
But from - x, I don't know how to "escape" the plain ...
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Identation issues in python mode
almost everytime, I cope e.g. snippets from the web and paste it with M-w in a python buffer the indentation is all wrong. Sometimes slanted to the left, sometimes to the right. Often all of the ...
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Conf[Unix] not indenting configuration file
I am having trouble trying to configure the conf[Unix] mode to do indentation. I have a hook that indents the whole file when I save the file:
(defun indent-hook()
"Indent before saving."
(indent-...
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Define key binding for a single mode (Fundamental)
In light that this may be a duplicate, but I did not find the answer to my question scouring this site.
The default behavior of GNU Emacs appears to have electric-indent-mode enabled, which is fine ...
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(un)-Indenting text over a region
This in org mode. How do I get from
1 to 2
2 to 3
in as few keystrokes as possible? And, if possible, in reverse. I was hoping selecting Food's subtree and M-^ would do the job but what it does ...
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Bad indentation with tsx
I have a .tsx file and a function that returns some html. It starts like:
return <div className=...
Then at some point I have a component with many arguments so I have to split them vertically. I ...
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C-M-\ fails to indent Lisp code
I follow this tutorial. The code after selecting the region and <Tab> or equivalently C-M-\ in an org file:
(setq trees '(pine fir oak maple)
herbivores '(gazelle antelope zebra))
I would have ...
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How to disable syntactic indentation interactively in php-mode?
I discovered that in php-mode, syntactic indentation makes rigid indentation very slow when the marked region is big. When I disable syntactic indentation, rigid indentation is not slow anymore.
So I ...
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How does SMIE mode determine what the parent of a token is?
I'm writing indentation rules for a custom mode using SMIE.
I want to use smie-rule-parent-p to have different behavior for indenting an empty line depending on context, so inside my indentation ...
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Automatically fixing bad indentation (Scheme-Lisp)
Let's say I make this code with bad formatting: is there an emacs command that can automatically fix indentation? I know this question has been asked a few times before, but all the answers I've seen ...
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Syntax/indentation problems with Vue mode in Emacs 27 nightly
I'm using vue-mode, based on mmm-mode with Emacs 27 nightly from 10/10/2019. Since that Emacs update, I don't get any indentation support in the script section of a Vue file.
Try this file with emacs -...
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How to make the cursor go to the beginning of the line by default when I hit return? [duplicate]
When I hit Enter/Return on my keyboard, the cursor goes to position of character 82 instead of the beginning of the line. This behavior is very confusing to me. Do I need to add something to the ...
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How to remove message `Indentation setup for shell type sh`
I open shell files at startup and often get this in *Messages*:
Setting up indent for shell type sh
Indentation variables are now local.
Indentation setup for shell type sh
All my files cause this ...
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Can I use “comment-column” for comments in other modes than emacs-lisp-mode?
Emacs-lisp-mode distinguishes multiple kinds of comments.
; is an "end of line" comment when following code, or a "right-margin" comment obeying comment-column when indented with indent-for-tab-...
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Unusual behavior when overriding `calculate-lisp-indent'
I've modified calculate-lisp-indent as a better solution to the indentation questions here, here and here. By "modified" I mean I overrode the function with advice. After doing this when I restarted ...
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Why is my Python indentation set to 8 locally by default?
I'm running Emacs 25.2.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 for WSL. I launch emacs -q and open a new Python file, test.py. As soon as I hit the Tab key, I notice the indentation is 8 spaces instead of 4. I don't like ...
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How can I represent a 4 spaces indent width as 2 spaces?
For clarity: I mean indents as represented by individual spaces, not tab characters.
I'm working with a friend on a javascript project, and while I'm an 80col zealot, he wants to have 4 space indent. ...
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automatic indentation with space like visual studio
Is there any package that covers indentation with space like visual studio?
like,
if(a==b) ==> if(a<space>==<space>b)
for(int i=0;i<N;i++) ==> for(int i<space>=<space&...
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sh-mode: Correctly indent and highlight inside bash's subshell substitution $()?
I noticed that bash will correctly apply syntax highlighting inside the subshell substitution in
VALUE="Hello $(echo World)."
But when creating a more complicated value, e.g.
VALUE="Hello $(
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How to change shell-script-mode indentation not to use tabs?
To reproduce my issue, open your .bashrc or a .sh file and type the following:
if
while
echo
The if has no indentation. Good.
The while has the default four spaces of indentation. Good.
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How to stop Emacs from deleting trailing whitespace?
By default, Emacs quietly deletes trailing whitespaces once the user moves on to the next line. To reproduce the issue in plain Emacs, do this:
Start plain Emacs: emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file
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SMIE Indenting Arguments and Blocks
This is closely related to a previous question I asked here:
SMIE Basic Identation and Block Example
However, it is sufficiently different (and already big enough) that I might as
well ask it as a ...
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SMIE Basic Identation and Block Example
I've tried for a while to create a simple major mode that uses SMIE to perform
navigation and indentation, but it seems like even the simple examples that I've
found seems to break quite easily.
The ...
