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Re: Correct formatting of Guile in Emacs
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Cameron |
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Re: Correct formatting of Guile in Emacs |
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:18:17 -0600 |
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Hi Phil,
I haven't done this myself, but the manual has a page on this:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Formatting-Code.html
>From this, it seems like the 'emacs-guix' package has a 'guix-devel-mode' that
>should indent per the Guix style guide.
-Cam
On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, at 3:03 PM, Phil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm in a position where I have quite a few packages built that I'd like
> to contribute to Guix.
>
> I'm writing these in emacs with scheme-mode/geiser installed. However
> I've noted that any attempt to align my Guile code (eg M-x indent-region)
> results in code being aligned under the previous lines' parameter rather
> than simply indenting.
>
> So my code looks much wider, and uglier (IMHO) than that in the Guix repo:
>
> (something like
> (this type
> (of format)))
>
> ends up being reformated by Emacs to look like this:
>
> (something like
> (this type
> (of format)))
>
> The more nesting and split lines the crazier this gets. Some packages
> are unreadable using emacs' default scheme indentation without a large
> monitor!
>
> It seems like an simple question (hopefully not too off-topic!) - but
> how do I make Emacs conform to code alignments rules adopted by Guile/Guix
> repo?
>
> Is there an off-the-shelf setting, package or setup I can use?
>
> The Guile manual mentions "Emacs has good support for Scheme out of the
> box, with sensible indentation rules" - but these defaults seem at odds
> with the Guix repo (or I'm doing something daft!):
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Using-Guile-in-Emacs.html#Using-Guile-in-Emacs
>
>
> Thanks,
> Phil.
>
>