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

Try [enter], (kbd "enter") or (read-kbd-macro "enter"), they all do subtly different things ;)

Also, for me copy/pasting just works. Can you try running emacs -q, and see if it works? If it does, it may be a problem with your .emacs.

I also have:

(when window-system
  ;; use extended compound-text coding for X clipboard
  (set-selection-coding-system 'compound-text-with-extensions))

but that might do something else ;)