Re: How to avoid SPACE TAB in a file?

[ulrich@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Ulrich Neumerkel)]

"Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk> writes:
>Ulrich Neumerkel wrote:
>> It occurs to me occasionally that I happen to write SPACE TAB in a buffer
>> saved into a file.  This is mostly when I edit files with different
>> tabbing conventions.
>> 
>> Is there are general clean minor-mode or other way to avoid writing
>> this combination in general?
>
>Hi Ulrich,
>If you want emacs to always insert spaces instead of tabs then you can put
>(setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
>in your .emacs.
>
>This needs to be set for each buffer, so it should be put in a hook like
>(add-hook 'c-mode-hook '(lambda ()
>    (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)))
>
>You'll need to replace 'c-mode-hook  with the correct hook for the
>editing mode you use. Most of them are named after the mode's main
>function.

The files/tabbing conventions are not mine, I just edit (tiny) parts of
the files.  That's how those extra spaces actually appear.
I am considering rolling it on my own with after-save-hook.