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mleisher@nmsu.edu (Mark Leisher) writes:

>In article <1991Jun12.091208@igc.ethz.ch> torda@igc.ethz.ch (Andrew
>Torda ) writes:

> > I prefer spaces to tabs in my C source.
> > On a per-buffer basis, I can do it through edit-options, but how do I
> > do it forever in every buffer ?

> > I tried
> >    (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
> > and
> >    (setq c-mode-hook (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This evaluates to nil! So, c-mode-hook will be set to 'nil. The call
to setq must be quoted as in: '(setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
Although this should suffice Emacs complains about setq not being a
function (but a subroutine) when this expression is evaluated
(probably due to use of funcall rather than eval) so you must make it
a function:
(setq c-mode-hook (function (lambda () (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))))

>Try putting (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) in your .emacs file.

This is probably the simplest solution. But if you just want spaces in
your C source and not in *all* buffers, using c-mode-hook is the only
way to do it.
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