Re: [h-e-w] Adjusting Emacs, please help

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:50:45 -0700 (PDT)
> From: TriKri <address@hidden>
> 
> I am writing applications in C/C++, and the first have to do with
> indentation. When I press tab, the row is indented. The current indent width
> is two spaces; I would like to get it to four spaces. I have searched in
> almost all settings topics, under Editing->Indent, and under
> Programming->Languages->C. What is "Standard Indent"? Isn't that how many
> spaces the indent width is? Anyway, that setting is 4 now, but it is
> certainly not the indent width. Then there is something called "C Basic
> Offset", which I have tried to change to 4, but it doesn't seem to have any
> effect. Can anyone help me change 'this thing?

Try this:

  M-x set-variable RET tab-width RET 4 RET

> Another thing is the M-x compile. When I type that, the standard command
> will be "make -k". Since I'm running windows and using MinGW, I would like
> to change the standard to "mingw32-make -k". Can anyone help me do that?

It's easier to rename mingw32-make.exe to make.exe.  But if you want
to keep the original name for some reason that evades me, the variable
you want to customize is `compile-command'.

Btw, is there any reason you couldn't find all this in the manuals
that come with Emacs?