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+;;;; Emacs Lisp help for writing libssh2 code. ;;;;
+;;;; $Id: libssh2-style.el,v 1.1 2008/12/20 12:36:50 bagder Exp $
+
+;;; The libssh2 hacker's C conventions.
+;;; See the sample.emacs file on how this file can be made to take
+;;; effect automatically when editing libssh2 source files.
+
+(defconst libssh2-c-style
+  '((c-basic-offset . 4)
+    (c-comment-only-line-offset . 0)
+    (c-hanging-braces-alist     . ((substatement-open before after)))
+    (c-offsets-alist . ((topmost-intro        . 0)
+			(topmost-intro-cont   . 0)
+			(substatement         . +)
+			(substatement-open    . 0)
+			(statement-case-intro . +)
+			(statement-case-open  . 0)
+			(case-label           . 0)
+			))
+    )
+  "Libssh2 C Programming Style")
+
+(defun libssh2-code-cleanup ()
+  "tabify and delete trailing whitespace"
+  (interactive)
+  (untabify (point-min) (point-max))
+  (delete-trailing-whitespace)
+)
+
+;; Customizations for all of c-mode, c++-mode, and objc-mode
+(defun libssh2-c-mode-common-hook ()
+  "Libssh2 C mode hook"
+  ;; add libssh2 style and set it for the current buffer
+  (c-add-style "libssh2" libssh2-c-style t)
+  (setq tab-width 8
+	indent-tabs-mode nil		; Use spaces, not tabs.
+	comment-column 40
+	c-font-lock-extra-types (append '("libssh2_int64_t" "LIBSSH2_USERAUTH_KBDINT_PROMPT" "LIBSSH2_SESSION" "LIBSSH2_CHANNEL" "ssize_t" "size_t" "uint32_t" "LIBSSH2_LISTENER" "LIBSSH2_POLLFD"))
+	)
+  ;; keybindings for C, C++, and Objective-C.  We can put these in
+  ;; c-mode-base-map because of inheritance ...
+  (define-key c-mode-base-map "\M-q" 'c-fill-paragraph)
+  (define-key c-mode-base-map "\M-m" 'libssh2-code-cleanup)
+  (setq c-recognize-knr-p nil)
+  ;;; (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'delete-trailing-whitespace t)
+  (setq show-trailing-whitespace t)
+  )
+
+;; Set this is in your .emacs if you want to use the c-mode-hook as
+;; defined here right out of the box.
+; (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'libssh2-c-mode-common-hook)