Re: what confuse me is ...

[robert . thorpe]

jronald wrote:
> By consulting c-default-style in emacs's doc,
> it says:
>
> c-default-style's value is
> ((java-mode . "java")
>  (other . "gnu"))
>
> but I'm editing a .cpp file.

c-default-style is a CC mode variable.  CC mode deals with all
langauges that are similar to C, such as Java, C++, C, and lots of
other obscure langs.  When you see "c-mode" in a buffer it means that
you're using a C mode that is internally part of CC-mode.

As a result this variable can have values for every one of these
programming languages.  For example, you can do:-

(setq c-default-style "k&r") ;; Use kernigham & ritchie style for
everything
or specifying different styles for each mode that CC-mode controls..
(setq c-default-style '((java-mode . "java") (c-mode . "gnu") (other .
"whitesmith")))

I think the name is rather confusing, it probably should be changed.