Timeline for Consistent tab alignment
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 22:06 | vote | accept | xaxazak | ||
| Nov 7, 2016 at 21:35 | comment | added | xaxazak | Qudit: That doesn't worry me. Most code I read doesn't use a standard tab width - tabs are used for indentation so all widths are appropriate. However, almost all standard editors (well, the ones I've used: kate, gedit, notepad, xed, and a handful of others) use the method I've described above to align tabs, so I'm just trying to emulate that. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | Qudit | If you set tab-width to a value other than the default you're likely to run into problems whenever you try to read code written by someone using a standard tab width. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:39 | answer | added | Stefan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:22 | comment | added | xaxazak | I'm new to emacs (Kate's developed hideous bugs so I'm shopping for an alternative) so sorry if I'm not understanding how it all works yet. Options->Customize Emacs->Browse Customization Groups->Emacs->Editing->Editing Basics->Tab Width = 2. But my current setup isn't important - I just want to know how I should be achieving this. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:07 | comment | added | Stefan | How do you know tab-width is set to 2? Where is it set to 2? It's a buffer-local variable, so setting it in your .emacs won't make a difference in your C-mode buffers. IOW be specific. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 20:03 | history | edited | xaxazak | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 1 character in body |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:58 | history | edited | xaxazak | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 9 characters in body |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:52 | history | edited | xaxazak | CC BY-SA 3.0 | edited body |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:51 | comment | added | xaxazak | The variable named "tab-width" is set to 2, (I also played around with some other variables without success). However, I don't know if that's the variable I should be using, I'm just looking for any way to achieve the said alignment. | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:44 | comment | added | Stefan | There is a ton of confusion about what is "tab" in Emacs, so please be specific when you say "I have tab width set at 2". | |
| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:26 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 7, 2016 at 19:16 | history | asked | xaxazak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |