Hi Phil, I haven't done this myself, but the manual has a page on this: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Formatting-Code.html
>From this, it seems like the 'emacs-guix' package has a 'guix-devel-mode' that >should indent per the Guix style guide. -Cam On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, at 3:03 PM, Phil wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in a position where I have quite a few packages built that I'd like > to contribute to Guix. > > I'm writing these in emacs with scheme-mode/geiser installed. However > I've noted that any attempt to align my Guile code (eg M-x indent-region) > results in code being aligned under the previous lines' parameter rather > than simply indenting. > > So my code looks much wider, and uglier (IMHO) than that in the Guix repo: > > (something like > (this type > (of format))) > > ends up being reformated by Emacs to look like this: > > (something like > (this type > (of format))) > > The more nesting and split lines the crazier this gets. Some packages > are unreadable using emacs' default scheme indentation without a large > monitor! > > It seems like an simple question (hopefully not too off-topic!) - but > how do I make Emacs conform to code alignments rules adopted by Guile/Guix > repo? > > Is there an off-the-shelf setting, package or setup I can use? > > The Guile manual mentions "Emacs has good support for Scheme out of the > box, with sensible indentation rules" - but these defaults seem at odds > with the Guix repo (or I'm doing something daft!): > > https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Using-Guile-in-Emacs.html#Using-Guile-in-Emacs > > > Thanks, > Phil. > >
