How do I make Emacs auto-indent my C code?

Question

I\'m just starting to get a feel for emacs, but I am frustrated with it\'s tendency to not indent when I press the return key. I know if I press C-j it will do it, but I can\'t

Answer 1

I set the return key to globally act as a new-line-and-intent in my ~/.emacs file:

(global-set-key "\C-m" 'newline-and-indent)

Works for me.