tabs to spaces in emacs, not working in tcl mode

ratm1286 · 05-08-2005, 04:18 PM

I wish to have every tab in emacs be just two spaces. I have added to following lines to my .emacs file

(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 2)

This will work as wanted for any normal text file. But when I edit a tcl file, it just goes back to what it was doing before... 5 spaces for each tab. I want these settings to also work for tcl mode... is there another file I must edit??

Tinkster · 05-08-2005, 04:38 PM

Since the major-mode is loaded on demand (after your personalised
settings) it can easily override yours. You may have to locate and
edit /path/to/emacs/lisp/progmodes/tcl.el to match your tabs ....

Cheers,
Tink

ratm1286 · 05-08-2005, 05:10 PM

Unfortunetley, I'm using a computer on a network at a University... and I'm only allowed to modify files in my home directory (such as my .emacs). I found the tcl.el, however, of course, it was read only. Is there maybe a command I can put in my .emacs to override the tcl mode indent??

Tinkster · 05-08-2005, 05:15 PM

Nope - you can only run that tabing command after
the tcl mode is loaded ...

Cheers,
Tink