File Styles ----------- The Emacs manual describes how you can customize certain variables on a per-file basis by including a "Local Variable" block at the end of the file. So far, you've only seen a functional interface to CC Mode customization, which is highly inconvenient for use in a Local Variable block. CC Mode provides two variables that make it easier for you to customize your style on a per-file basis(1) The variable `c-file-style' can be set to a style name string. When the file is visited, CC Mode will automatically set the file's style to this style using `c-set-style'. Another variable, `c-file-offsets', takes an association list similar to what is allowed in `c-offsets-alist'. When the file is visited, CC Mode will automatically institute these offsets using `c-set-offset'. Note that file style settings (i.e. `c-file-style') are applied before file offset settings (i.e. `c-file-offsets'). Also, if either of these are set in a file's local variable section, all the style variable values are made local to that buffer. ---------- Footnotes ---------- (1) Note that this feature doesn't work with Emacs versions before XEmacs 19.12 and Emacs 19.29. It works via the standard Emacs hook variable `hack-local-variables-hook'.