From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8135: Problem about TAB in emacs23 Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:51:19 -0500 Message-ID: <0zwrkk9buw.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298923625 10996 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2011 20:07:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:07:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8135@debbugs.gnu.org To: dexter K Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 28 21:06:57 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu9Mu-0001Ys-LL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:06:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49483 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pu9Mt-0002F6-Gk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:06:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40654 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pu9Mm-0002CD-E8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:06:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu9Ml-00075D-01 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:06:48 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu9Mk-000753-PS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:06:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu98T-0003jb-Vl; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:52:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8135 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 8135-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8135.129892268714286 (code B ref 8135); Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:52:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8135) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Feb 2011 19:51:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu97v-0003iN-Es for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:51:27 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu97t-0003iB-Jp for 8135@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:51:26 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40095) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pu97o-0000WK-8Z; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:51:20 -0500 X-Spook: Ermes White Water Attorney General Mafia NWO Mossad X-Ran: hh>;DrCY>MOjj4\^,?sFofy>8ReB)cR+j)%wh*!z3~jIvXO(.y^)Q*XhRc+0;KL%blpg(s X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (dexter K.'s message of "Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:04:51 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:52:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:44450 Archived-At: dexter K wrote: > I want have a real tab , when I press TAB, it goes like 8 spaces distances.. > I did it with this code: > ------- > > (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command) > (setq default-tab-width 8) > (setq tab-width 8) > (setq c-basic-indent 8) > > (global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char) > (global-set-key [backspace] 'delete-backward-char) > > ------- > > it works both on windows & mac , the most important is I can delete a whole > tab distances like 8 spaces when I press [BackSpace] key > But it failed again in my Centos ,when I done complie emacs 23.2 This does not look like an Emacs bug, and probably would have been better suited to the help-gnu-emacs mailing list. Comments: 1) The default tab-width is 8. 2) There is no `c-basic-indent' variable. Maybe you meant c-basic-offset? 3) delete runs `delete-char' by default. 4) C-h k BACKSPACE tells me that I can customize the behaviour by setting `backward-delete-char-untabify-method'. So in Emacs 23.2 I get the behaviour that you want simply with: (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command) (setq backward-delete-char-untabify-method nil)