C# Emacs mode questions - indentation and build

Question

The .emacs file is as follows

(require 'csharp-mode)
(setq auto-mode-alist
      (append '(("\\.cs$" . csharp-mode)) auto-mode-alist))
(defun my-csharp-mode-fn ()
  "function that runs when csharp-mode is initialized for a buffer."
  (setq default-tab-width 4)
)
(add-hook  'csharp-mode-hook 'my-csharp-mode-fn t)

It works pretty fine, but I see the block ({..}) is aligned what I intended. I mean, in some cases I have this.

private static int StringCompare(string x, string y)
{
  int result;
  if (x == null)
    {

    }
}

when I expect this

private static int StringCompare(string x, string y)
{
  int result;
  if (x == null)
  {

  }
}

Together with this, I always have 2 indentation for the code, but I want it to be 4.

My questions are

How can I control the indentation in C# emacs mode?
How can I control the '{' and '}' to have the same indentation as it's previous code.
Does C# mode provide compilation to generate exe/dll file within the editor with commands?

I use emacs C# mode on Mac OS X/mono.

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I found that C# mode can also use C mode, so M-x c-set-style works, and awk style just works for me. The problem is that I have to turn on awk mode whenever I use c mode. Is there a way to run "M-x c-set-style and awk" mode automatically with c mode?

to answer your question about compiling - yes. Just use M-x compile. You need to set your compile command appropriately (msbuild, nmake, csc.exe, whatever). csharpmode is also integrated for use with flymake. There is documentation in the csharpmode elisp code describing how this integration works. — Cheeso

Adam Rosenfield Adam Rosenfield · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T01:59:34

Add these lines to your my-csharp-mode-fn:

; Set indentation level to 4 spaces (instead of 2)
(setq c-basic-offset 4)
; Set the extra indentation before a substatement (e.g. the opening brace in
; the consequent block of an if statement) to 0 (instead of '+)
(c-set-offset 'substatement-open 0)

Alternatively, you can add them to your common C mode hook, which runs for all C mode-related modes: C, C++, Objective-C, Java, C#, and more:

(defun my-c-mode-common-hook ()
  (setq c-basic-offset 4)
  (c-set-offset 'substatement-open 0))
(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'my-c-mode-common-hook)

See the CC mode documentation for the nitty-gritty details on customizing indentation.

C# Emacs mode questions - indentation and build

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