From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: replace TAB with 8 whitespaces Date: 16 Jun 2003 09:53:25 -0400 Organization: Yale University Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5lptlecene.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <848ys67985.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84r85ufpos.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055772589 15267 80.91.224.249 (16 Jun 2003 14:09:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 16 16:09:46 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Ruau-0003M3-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 16:04:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Ruc0-0005OA-7J for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:05:32 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!news.wss.yale.edu!rum.cs.yale.edu!rum.cs.yale.edu Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rum.cs.yale.edu Original-X-Trace: news.wss.yale.edu 1055771609 7085 128.36.229.169 (16 Jun 2003 13:53:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@news.wss.yale.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:53:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: rum.cs.yale.edu X-Original-Trace: 16 Jun 2003 09:53:25 -0400, rum.cs.yale.edu Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114481 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10973 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10973 > I add (setq indent-tabs-mode nil) to .emacs, and Emacs uses no This will only apply to the current buffer in which it is executed, which is typically the *scratch* buffer. You probably want to either put it on a hook or use (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) such that it applies to every buffer. Also I recommend staying away from (setq tab-width N) because it probably doesn't do what you think it does. Stefan