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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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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Dedentation in haskell-mode
Many Haskell coders like to dedent certain keywords so that their code looks like this:
main :: IO ()
main = do
opts <- execParser optsParser
putStrLn
(concat ["Hello, ", ...
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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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Convert a Double Space Indentation to Tab (width - 4) Indentation
I am facing this problem which on the face of it should be easy to solve but isn't.
this is my .editorconf:
root = true
[*]
indent_style = tab
tab_width = 4
end_of_line = lf
charset = utf-8
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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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Ruby: Incorrect indentation for `indented_internal_methods`
Given a buffer with some Ruby code:
class Foo
protected
def respond_to_query query; end
end
When I mark it and run indent-region (C-x h, C-M-\) it stays as is and my rubocop complains:
Use 2 (...
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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 ...
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Changing indent-tabs-mode and electric-indent-mode in a buffer
I want to change indent-tabs-mode and electric-indent-mode to nil. There exist three possibilities
setq-default
setq-local
setq
I think setq-default only changes the behaviour for major modes where ...
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Can emacs handle bash extglob case patterns properly?
This question is in two parts:
How to cause emacs linter to recognize an extglob expression as an ability instead of a syntax error?
How to cause emacs indenter to recognize an extglob expression as ...
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Fix inconsistent background coloring of org-mode blocks with wrapped lines
When having a source block in a .org document, with line wrapping enabled, the continuation of an indented, long line, that is wrapped to the next line is naturally also indented. The problem is, that ...
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How to make curly braces auto indent in sh-mode
If typed in sh-mode the closing brace is not auto-indented:
function()
{
}
If typed in c-mode the closing brace is auto-indented when inserted:
function()
{
}
The exact keystrokes are: f u n c t ...
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org-mode still indents content while I try to set it up not to
I set org-adapt-indentation to headline-data
When I select a region under a headline (separated by a blank line) and press TAB, the paragraph gets indented at the same level as the headline title, as ...
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Why is paredit-reindent-defun not working in my cider-repl?
I have been using the command paredit-reindent-defun (M-q) a lot in Slime. In a situation such as having this:
; SLIME 2.26.1
CL-USER> (defn multi-arity
;; 3-arity arguments and body
([first-...
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Strange autoindentation in org mode source blocks
I try to use org-mode as a replacement for jupyter notebook, and I was faced with a problem: when I edit a python src block, newlines don't indent properly, so I have to press space 4 times after ...
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Indenting of prose in org-mode looks different when exporting
I use Emacs and Org Mode for writing prose.
The problem is with the way Org interprets the concept of paragraph and the way Org and Emacs handle indentation in the beginning of paragraphs. This is ...
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In Doom Emacs, when cursor is highlighting a line, it indents a few pixels in. How to turn off the indent and just do line highlighting?
I can't find a setting to turn off that small pixel indentation when cursor is highlighting the line you're on. It makes it hard to try to type text to align when the line itself is indented a few ...
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How to make indentation follow beginning of text in list
I want electric-indent or more generally, hitting ENT, to indent the
new line to the beginning of text. I'd like this to work with
auto-fill as well.
Before:
1. This is a long list item that I'll wrap ...
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Changes in python.el do not take place in python-mode
I'm facing the same problem as OP in this question: How can I make python-mode correctly indent python's match statement?.
A quote from the OP: "Python 3.10 added a match statement. When I ...
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Disabling auto identation when saving a file
I'm using Doom Emacs (pretty much vanilla with a few packages) and whenever I save a file, Emacs automatically changes the indentation.
For example, if I'm editing a C++ file like this:
FoamFile
{
...
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Why does org-mode not indent content under headings when I press tab?
In a buffer like this:
* Heading
** Sub-heading
content|
pressing <tab> should result in this:
* Heading
** Sub-heading
content|
Instead, nothing happens.
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How to keep a multi-line nested bullet list indentation (and bullets if possible) when pasting from Google Docs to emacs
I copy a nested list like this:
- foo
- bar
- foo
- bar
from Google Docs to emacs, but the bullet points vanish and the indentation as well. The same happens in the normal Linux text editor....
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How to indent Org Babel list output with multiline text correctly?
I'm using Babel to generate some text in an Org file. I'm using :results value list header switch described here to format the output in Org's list structure. It doesn't quite format multiline text ...
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indent-region inconsistent with existing code that's indented more than python-indent-offset
Say I have an existing, simple block of code that uses an indent width of 4, as such
def incDictValue(d, k):
if not k in d:
d[k] = 1
else:
d[k] += 1
return
and setup ...
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TAB should indent at start of line and advance to tab stop otherwise
More precisely, I would like TAB to indent the current line when there are 0 or more whitespace characters between the start of line and the point and to advance to the next tab stop otherwise. I used ...
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Why having a system loaded makes any difference for indentation?
I am using Common Lisp, SBCL, Emacs, and Slime. During a code review, a co-worker mentioned that the indentation of an s-expression was wrong.
Usually, I just use indent-sexp(bounded to C-M-q) to fix ...
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