Re: Alter a built-in style (C++, want to change where "access labels" are placed)

[Eric Lilja]

Eric Lilja skrev:

> Hi!
> Sorry for starting a new thread, hope this isn't bad netiquette.
>
> My question: In my C++ mode hook I set the style to "ellemtel" with
> (c-set-style "ellemtel")
>
> I like how it indents except for where it place access labels (public,
> private and protected in classes).
> I want to change this behaviour but keep the rest. According to CC Mode
> manual this seems very possible:
> "If none of the built-in styles is appropriate, you'll probably want to
> create a new style definition, possibly based on an existing style. To
> do this, put the new style's settings into a list with the following
> format - the list can then be passed as an argument to the function
> c-add-style."
>
> I look at the provide sample .emacs file but I can't even make this
> defconst compile and I don't know  what I should do when it does.
>
> (defconst my-c++-style
>   '(
>     (c-offsets-alist . ((access-label . -)))) "My C++ Programming
> style")
>
> Compiling file c:/cygwin/home/hivemind/.emacs at Sat Nov 25 22:38:59
> 2006
> .emacs:137:1:Error: End of file during parsing
>
> And how do I "inherit" all settings from ellementel and override the
> one as constructed in the defconst?
>
> / E

Tried this:
(defconst my-c++-style
  "ellemtel"
  '(
    (c-offsets-alist . ((access-label . -)))
  )
)
;(c-add-style "PERSONAL" my-c++-style)

(defun my-c-mode-common-hook ()
  ;; my customizations for all of c-mode and related modes
  (setq c-basic-offset 3)
  (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) ; Use spaces, not tabs, for
indentation.
  (delete-selection-mode 1) ; Maybe on by default on windows and off by
default on solaris?
  )
(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'my-c-mode-common-hook)

(defun my-cpp-mode-hook ()
  (c-set-style "ellemtel")
)
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook 'my-cpp-mode-hook)

However, it doesn't like c-add-style:
c-add-style: Wrong type argument: listp, "ellemtel"
and thus I cannot test it in c-set-style

Any ideas?