bug#7659: emacs - c mode tab space different between windows and linux

[Anoj Perera]

Ok thanks, I will try that out.

Regards,
Anoj

On 17 Dec 2010, at 11:01, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Anoj Perera <anojmperera@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:59:37 +0000
>>
>> Hi many thanks for your reply. Haven't tried the -Q option (without
>> loading the .emacs file?).
>
> Please do.  I think you will discover that the display on Ubuntu will
> then look exactly like that on Windows.
>
> And please keep 7659@debbugs.gnu.org on the list of addressees, so
> this whole discussion gets recorded in the history of your bug report.
>
>> I've attached a source file coded with
>> emacs in linux (Ubuntu 10.04) and a screenshot same file viewed in
>> emacs in Windows. You can note the diference, function name and
>> arguments are indented little too much.
>
> I see your file exactly like in the screenshot, both on Windows and on
> GNU/Linux.  So I think you have some site init file on Ubuntu that
> sets certain options related to C indentation.  "emacs -Q" will bypass
> the customizations on that file, so you will know this for sure.
>
> If this is indeed the case, you should look at your site init file,
> and do the same on Windows.
>
>> I am guessing this is a character encoding issue.
>
> No, character encoding doesn't (and cannot) have anything with
> indentation.  It's just that (if my guess is right) on Ubuntu you have
> some customizations that you need to have on your Windows .emacs, and
> then you will see the same display.