Re: automatic indentation in C,C++ modes

[Greg Hill]

At 5:56 PM -0500 4/12/02, Tony Harbin wrote:
> How do I turn off all automatic indentation in C and C++ modes?  I find
> this
> behavior *VERY* annoying and would like to disable it permanently (i.e.
> in the
> .emacs file)
>
> Thanks for your time.

Tony,

If all you want is to insert a tab character at the beginning of a 
line when you type the tab key, try adding this to your .emacs file:

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook
        (function (lambda ()
                (substitute-key-definition
                'c-indent-command 'self-insert-command c-mode-map))))

(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook
        (function (lambda ()
                (substitute-key-definition
                'c-indent-command 'self-insert-command c++-mode-map))))

If, while you are at it, you also want to define the size of a tab 
as, say, 3 spaces, make it:

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook
        (function (lambda ()
                (substitute-key-definition
                'c-indent-command 'self-insert-command c-mode-map)
                (setq tab-width 3))))


--Greg