Python indentation (3 spaces)

[Rhodri James]

On 15/10/18 12:28, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Rhodri James <rhodri at kynesim.co.uk>:
> 
>> On 15/10/18 05:45, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>> The two-space indentation is the out-of-the-box default for emacs.
>>
>> Ahem.  It's the default for certain C styles.  It's not even the default
>> for C-mode itself, which is 4.
> 
> You must be running a different version of emacs than all the versions
> I've every run.
> 
> Try running
> 
>      emacs -q abc.c
> 
> and observe the indentation depth.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ccmode/Customizing-Indentation.html#Customizing-Indentation

"""User Option: c-basic-offset

     This style variable holds the basic offset between indentation 
levels. It's factory default is 4, but all the built-in styles set it 
themselves, to some value between 2 (for gnu style) and 8 (for bsd, 
linux, and python styles)."""

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd