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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Getting electric indent behaviour for added chars to “electric-indent-chars”
I am trying to get electric indent behaviour in bazel BUILD files. These are essentially python files, although the structure is extremely simple.
Let me give you an example:
cc_binary(
name = "...
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Letting evil >> increment org level
In evil mode, >> increments the indentation level of the current line.
It does so at an org heading too, even though it would be more
appropriate there if it would increase the org level (the ...
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How to control JavaScript indentation?
I am coding in Node.js, each time I want to write something that looks like this:
const product = Factory
.model('App/Models/Product')
.create()
I get this as an output:
const product = Factory
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CC mode: make Tab just insert one tab or complete, no auto-indenting
I am dissatisfied with current behaviour of Emacs in CC Mode. I'm not sure if this applies to other major modes, but that's one I'm currently struggling with. Here are my problems:
When I press tab, ...
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Which variable modifies the switch statement indentation on php-mode?
I am currently using php-mode with spacemacs to write in php and recently I noticed this auto-indent behavior, namely pressing TAB.
switch ($cond) {
case "something":
break;
}
Auto indenting ...
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Can’t guess python-indent-offset - delete warning when local file variable
I have this comment that I write in my python file
# -*- Mode: Python; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; python-indent-offset: 2 -*-
# vim:set et sts=4 ts=4 tw=80:
But when I load a python file, ...
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unexpected long indent after colon in web-mode
I have some trouble locating the source of 8 tabs and 3 spaces more than the previous indentation when I'm inside js inside web-mode. These appear after a line that ends with a colon. Example (note ...
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Indent forwards a tree structure
I have such a structure in my org note
**** pstree
* ~ $ pstree -aps 26955
systemd,1 splash
└─systemd,1947 --user
└─gnome-terminal-,2710
└─bash,1775
└─emacs,25135
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How do I suppress indentation after labels in Groovy?
I'm writing some Groovy code, and in my unit tests I have something like the following:
def testFoo(){
given:
//setup statement 1
//setup statement 2
//...
when:
//Execute ...
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Emacs indents C++ functions in structs in an unexpected way
Emacs indents functions in structs in the following way:
struct A {
int a() {
return 1;
}
int b()
{
return 2;
}
}
int c() {
return ...
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highlight-indent-guides-mode
I'm trying to activate highlight-indent-guides-mode by default but it is not working.
If i do M-x highlight-indent-guides-mode it works fine but adding (highlight-indent-guides-mode 1) to my .emacs ...
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How to set tabulator size in the awk mode?
After installing a new kubuntu (16.04) and emacs (25.2.2) I have had indentation problems. It seems like indentation default values have changed or maybe I am missing some configuration file? ...
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Babel + Python function definition with for loop causes IndentationError
I am using orgmode and Babel to run Python source code blocks.
I noticed that if I define a function that returns a value, and if this function has a for loop inside it, then evaluating it with Babel ...
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Automatic re-indentation
I'm using Emacs to write ocaml programs, and the automatic indentation works fine : suppose I write if in the middle of a line, then skip a line and write then ; the keyword then is automatically ...
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Customizing indentation style for continuation lines?
I would like to customize the "k&r" indentation style, so that continuation lines are indented 8 spaces, like this:
if (first
&& second) { // <- 8 spaces.
third();
}
--
...
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Confusion about space and tab characters in Emacs
I am confused by space (SPC) and TAB characters in Emacs.
I am often using the default fundamental mode.
When I select a region and indent the lines in the region by C-u 9 C-x TAB, I intend to ...
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Prevent spacemacs from splitting lines of C++ code
I installed the c-c++ layers in Spacemacs. When I invoke indent-region, Spacemacs splits lines that are longer than 80 characters. How can I prevent this behavior?
auto-fill-mode is not enabled and ...
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Strange comment indentation results
I am working with a simple major mode. The format has one single line comment delimiter, i.e., %. However, I get strange results when running fill-paragraph on a comment. Specifically, the result I ...
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Unexpected indentation in backquoted list starting with comma function call
When I write a backquotedlist that starts with ,( emacs aligns the remaining items to the parenthesis and not to the comma; e.g.:
(defun kb-test1 ()
`(,(hello)
fdefef
,(fefesd)))
(...
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Automatically indent ONLY logical lines in Org-mode
I want this:
** This is a heading
This is a logical line. But, because I have visual-line-mode on, lines
will wrap at the edge, as is just and godly. But, such elegant formatting
as you see here ...
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c++ mode indentation
If we have a class like the one below emacs is indenting the : (to the initialization list). To be able to match some other editor, is it possible in emacs to indent the : like below?
class Test
{
...
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Why does emacs sh-mode ignore indent-tabs-mode?
sh-mode won't care if indent-tabs-mode is on, it will still insert spaces instead of tabs! Can this be fixed?
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Emacs: indentation takes 4 spaces instead of 2
When I write code in Emacs and press Return, the indentation is automatically set to 4 spaces even if I set it yo 2:
(setq tab-width 2) ; or any other preferred value
(defvaralias 'c-basic-offset ...
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formatting of elisp file is different in emacs and other text editor
I'm having an issue with formatting in that when I'm in emacs, the formatting looks fine:
but when the file is viewed with a different text editor, the spaces are different.
this only occurs in the ...
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#ifdef __cplusplus nuisance: How to prevent extra indenting?
If you ever wrote header files that have to be used by both C compiler and C++ compiler, you'd encounter this particular ifdef. This construct causes one to insert extra curly braces in the header ...
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How to configure C-M-q and TAB key to expand pre-existing TAB characters into spaces in C/C++ files
In C and C++ files, I want to configure the mode so that any time I request indentation, that it will always expand all of the embedded TAB characters in indentation (at the start of the line, and no ...
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Disable `indent-relative`
What's the right way to disable Emacs' default indent-relative behaviour and make sure that TAB always indents by a single level (be it a tab or whitespace character)?
There doesn't seem to much ...
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How to prevent losing indentation when editing JavaScript code within HTML files in Emacs?
When I edit JavaScript code which exists in an HTML file, I lose code indentation whenever I press Enter.
first line of code:
second line of code # Press Enter here
Result after pressing Enter:
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cuda .cu files indentation issue. How i can set indentation for cuda .cu files to 4 spaces?
In my .emacs i have put following for cuda highlighting:
(setq c-default-style '(("c++" . "linux")
(java-mode . "java")
(awk-mode . "awk")
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How to reveal tabs in the indentation in a cpp file?
My friend and I collaborate on a C++ project and we agree to use 4 whiltespaces for indentation. I am using Emacs and this is my indentation setting
(setq-default c-basic-offset 4)
By doing this, I ...
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C++-mode indenting performance depends on length of previous function?
Using c++-mode in emacs23.
UPDATE: In response to some early comments, I tested on emacs24 and emacs25, and see exactly the same behavior. I don't have convenient access to emacs26 or emacs27 (25 ...
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Electric indent: Inserting blank lines with no whitespace while keeping cursor indented?
I do a lot of python coding and am trying to determine if electric indent can be customized to help me with the following scenario:
Let's say my cursor (point) is at the end of the following excerpt, ...
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Unwanted indentation in org + evil
From an org heading, pressing evil o will open a new line that's indented according to the heading (org level + 1 spaces). Can this behaviour be turned off?
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In M-x Info (C-h i), tables are not correctly aligned
Problem
When trying to browse documentation in M-x info ≡ C-h i, the table of contents is not correctly aligned. One would expect
* Introduction This is the etc etc etc etc etc .
* Details ...
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Make emacs to use only tabs for JS indentation
I've set my tabs to 4 and haven't changed any JS indent settings. All the indents I found in the "JavaScript group" have values either 0 or 4, yet the following code
describe('test Info', () => {
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JDEE following line indentation
Is there any way to indent the following lines in e.g. a function to less than the opening brace. Instead of
public static void fun(String hello,
String world) { ...
it would ...
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Indentation of multi-line arrays within braces?
Currently in C mode, contents of a muli-line arrays are aligned with the brace. eg:
const unsigned int array[4] = {
A,
B,
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How to indent with the tab character with a visual length of 4 spaces in spacemacs?
I have used Vim for years now, Emacs for a couple of weeks and recently switched to Spacemacs. How do I set indentation settings either globally or the C/C++ mode? (A solution for either one is fine.) ...
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How to enable SHIFT+TAB for multi line code region unindentation?
I have found this code which enables both TAB and SHIFT+TAB for code region indentation and unindentation. The problem is SHIFT+TAB doesn't work on multi line codes and also we have to place the ...
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Org-mode : disable indentation when promoting and demoting trees + subtrees
In org-mode, when you press M-S-right or M-S-left to demote or promote a tree with all it's subtrees, the content text is also indented.
So suppose I want to deomote the following structure by two ...
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Spacemacs + Coffee-mode, indents keeps doubling
I'm relatively new to spacemacs. I am editing a coffee-script file, so am using coffee-mode
The indents keeps doubling... so 4, 8, 16, 32 .... the further I nest...
Example what's wrong: (When I ...
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web-mode indents unclosed tags
The following is valid HTML.
<p><a href="page1.html">Page one</a>
<p><a href="page2.html">Page two</a>
<p><a href="page3.html">Page three</a>
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Indentation incorrect in line with `if:` or `unless:` as options, not directives
In some of my ruby files, mostly Rails Model files, I often encounter lines such as:
validates :thing_id, presence: { message: '^Choose a Thing' },
on: :create,
unless: Proc.new { |obj| ......
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indent cl-loop to respect `if else` statements
I have a hard time writing and reading cl-loops with they way they're indented by default as I can't easily tell what the control flow is:
(cl-loop for x below 10
if (cl-oddp x)
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get “jump to column” behavior of fundamental mode in a major mode
I noticed that when in fundamental-mode or prog-mode (basically any mode without an indent-line-function) the TAB key will jump between columns. For example if I have
foo bar baz
fot bat|
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javscript “.” indent in web-mode
In web-mode, the indentation after "."
var context = cubism.context()
.step(1e4)
.size(+d33.select("#using-cubism2")
.style("...
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Single/simple way to set indentation to 2 for all modes
I'm a bit confused about setting indentation for different modes in Emacs.
It seems you have to explicitly set indentation for each mode
Some modes use setq-default, some use setq and some use add-...
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Bash script is indented inconsistently
Open the code below with emacs -q, do set-variable sh-basic-offset 2, then indent-region. All lines are indented with 2, while the echo line is indented with 4. Is this a bug in Emacs, or how do I ...
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pressing return in paragraph-indent-text-mode deletes whitespace indenting beginning of paragraph
I'm currently using emacs 25.3 on Mac OSX installed using Homebrew, and without any modifications in my .emacs file or anywhere else. I think I may be fundamentally misunderstanding what paragraph-...
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org-cycle behaves differently for src blocks when evil-mode is enabled
I'm trying to indent my code in org src blocks, but it only works when evil-mode is disabled. I have set this variables for org-mode:
(setq org-src-preserve-indentation t
org-src-tab-acts-...
