Emacs tabbing configuration

Emacs tabbing configuration

[Thomas Beresford]

How can I set up how many spaces the tab key will use? 

THomas Beresford



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Re: Emacs tabbing configuration

[V. L. Simpson]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Beresford <number18@spymac.com> writes:

    > How can I set up how many spaces the tab key will use?
    > THomas Beresford

Check documentation for 'tab-width' -- C-h v return tab-width

You need to realize that the tab key does different things in
different modes as opposed to just moving the cursor to a certain
defined column position.

Check this url for more information:

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryIndentation

Hopefully, a tab related holy war will not be initiated by this
thread. 8-]

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Re: Emacs tabbing configuration

[Kai Grossjohann]

"V. L. Simpson" <vls@freeshell.org> writes:

>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Beresford <number18@spymac.com> writes:
>
>     > How can I set up how many spaces the tab key will use?
>     > THomas Beresford
>
> Check documentation for 'tab-width' -- C-h v return tab-width

That variable specifies how the tab character will be displayed, but
it doesn't (directly) say what happens when the user hits the tab key.

But you already pointed to a good discussion on it...

Kai