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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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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orgmode radio tables does not preserve indentation for beamer
I want to use org-mode tables to input matrices in math environments in a beamer presentation. One solution I've come across is to use radio tables.
However, as default the radio table gets inserted ...
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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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Clang-format style indentation for emacs-lisp code
I am wondering if there is an emacs package similar to clang-format that can enforce consistent code-style in emacs-lisp code. Emacs native indentation will only correct indentation for every line, ...
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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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Proper way to format elisp when defining multiple fields
I have this code snippet in my init file:
'(mode-line-inactive
((t
(:weight light
:box (:line-width -1 :color "blue")
:foreground "red"
:background "green"...
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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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How to make brackets be indented on the same line as declatadin
//i want autoindentation be like this
int
main(void) {
//main body
if(true) {
//if body
}
return(0);
}
how can I achive this in cc-mode? I found that there is something like hanging-braces, ...
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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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TAB region indentation (python)
I'm working on a .py document using a fresh apt install of emacs 25.2.2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
When typing TAB with several lines selected, the behavior is not what I remember getting previously, and not ...
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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-...
