From a previous post I got Ruby mode working in emacs. This is working great.
Setting up .emacs file for mac ruby development
Our company uses 4 spaces for indents though instead of the default 2. I am having difficulty getting this to work.
Here is my .emacs file
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/rdoc-mode.el")
(require 'ruby-mode)
(setq indent-tabs-mode nil) ; always replace tabs with spaces
(setq-default tab-width 4) ; set tab width to 4 for all buffers
Does anyone see what I am doing wrong?
Thanks!
Best Answer
The
tab-width
setting only controls the width of a tab character, i.e. how many spaces a tab character is equivalent to when displayed in your buffer. It does not affect the number of spaces (or tabs) used for indenting your code.For Ruby code, the indentation is controlled by the
ruby-indent-level
variable: