Header files (.h) don't follow config

[gruelingpine185]

Say I have the following header file for a C program:

#ifndef EXO_RENDERER_H
#define EXO_RENDERER_H

struct example_struct {
  const char* app_name;
  const char* engine_name;
  // ^-------  I expect everything within a scope of some sort (eg. `{ ... }`) to
  //           indent according to the config file. This means indentation of 4 space tabs
  //           rather than 2.
};

// ...

#endif // EXO_RENDERER_H

However, within a C file (.c) nothing out of the ordinary occurs regarding my configuration below. It indents by 4 spaces, which is what I want it to do.

My config file:

• Is there a way around this issue?
• Can I assume that other languages that use multiple file extensions face similar issues?

[gruelingpine185]

May I ask why my issue was closed? Nobody gave context or any information regarding any of my questions nor spoke about the underlying issue so I see no reason why it's closed.

[the-mikedavis]

The GitHub UI makes the original issue look closed but it's just converted to a discussion.

We convert issues to discussions that are too broad (Ideas), bug-style issues that are not clear actionable bugs in Helix (Troubleshooting) or issues lacking details (e.g. not using the bug/enhancement template, asking questions, etc.). It's a better format for exploring ideas and gathering information.

[the-mikedavis]

We try to determine the indent style from the file contents (see #245). As @pascalkuthe mentioned (#9082 (comment)) this can behave poorly on small files. I've created an enhancement-style issue to improve that here: #9556