9. Sample `.emacs' file

;; Here's a sample .emacs file that might help you along the way.  Just
;; copy this region and paste it into your .emacs file.  You may want to
;; change some of the actual values.

(defconst my-vhdl-style
  '((vhdl-tab-always-indent        . t)
    (vhdl-comment-only-line-offset . 4)
    (vhdl-offsets-alist            . ((arglist-close    . vhdl-lineup-arglist)
                                      (statement-cont   . 0)
                                      (case-alternative . 4)
                                      (block-open       . 0)))
    (vhdl-echo-syntactic-information-p . t)
    )
  "My VHDL Programming Style")

;; Customizations for vhdl-mode
(defun my-vhdl-mode-hook ()
  ;; add my personal style and set it for the current buffer
  (vhdl-add-style "PERSONAL" my-vhdl-style t)
  ;; offset customizations not in my-vhdl-style
  (vhdl-set-offset 'statement-case-intro '++)
  ;; other customizations
  (setq tab-width 8
        ;; this will make sure spaces are used instead of tabs
        indent-tabs-mode nil)
  ;; keybindings for VHDL are put in vhdl-mode-map
  (define-key vhdl-mode-map "\C-m" 'newline-and-indent)
  )

;; the following only works in Emacs 19
;; Emacs 18ers can use (setq vhdl-mode-hook 'my-vhdl-mode-hook)
(add-hook 'vhdl-mode-hook 'my-vhdl-mode-hook)