How to force spaces instead of tabs regardless of major mode?

Question

I want all tabs to be 4 spaces. I have the following in .emacs

(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq c-basic-indent 4)
(setq tab-width 4)
         


        

Answer 1

Declare a default C indentation style, rather than declaring specific style parameters.

(setq c-default-style "k&r2")  ;; or whatever your preference is
(set-default 'indent-tabs-mode nil)