I can't find this: How do I use 4 SPACES instead of a TAB in EMACS?

Question

I am making the jump to EMACS, and I can\'t find what I need to do in my .emacs file to get php-mode AND all other modes to insert 4 spaces instead of

Answer 1

You're missing a (setq c-basic-indent 4). So you should have:

;; 4 spaces rather than tabs
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(setq c-basic-offset 4)
(setq c-basic-indent 4)