From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: making TAB in text major mode just work Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:26:01 +0000 Message-ID: <87r6id6h6e.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <16776938-be7b-4c7b-a8ad-b61ba6ac20a2@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196033196 29561 80.91.229.12 (25 Nov 2007 23:26:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:26:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 26 00:26:42 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IwQs3-0005vy-Qs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:26:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwQro-0007G5-Uq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwQrY-0007EB-Ch for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwQrW-0007Bo-IV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwQrW-0007Bg-FO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IwQrW-0005T2-FI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id a2so932558ugf for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:26:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=SWIpBicJhUitvHZHFBvwoK1Pp9Br53yfAviMdXjBj40=; b=h2tCZ6anc7oBpz0DMxvMf0rAF9SWkwB1jbbpmbXuBD+S/cT1zUqfXjeevMljfncC7T46ru3sCrZLPMY9LBf8AZq207cXKcWauAW+aERkQn2yZ75Q2u1pI4RSjpUVLjnvb7AP5rSZzrVnZh6nC3H/L4+35b+cDaf99dpZer1K+ts= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=received:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=PRPLlZlN9eamHm3UK/cscvPL2WSCCvOCeL1G25OVa55qNVUrE5OIMWcUh7ZeuwRgGJQetEQpj2Z3bmA0UIpTL1iB1HxOr8taevqZBKr41e6/+B63i3kjFK8AWHfNQp6zmuW1ojnuoxIrLhIm/09gFe2T5XcPUUw/q1JyKfsiJhc= Original-Received: by 10.67.19.17 with SMTP id w17mr1286947ugi.1196033165099; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:26:05 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [78.113.180.159]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z37sm1183975ikz.2007.11.25.15.26.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:26:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F25A015792C; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:26:01 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Mathias Dahl's message of "Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:51:38 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49527 Archived-At: Mathias Dahl writes: >> And if you want to concentrate on what you type, why are you pressing >> TAB when at the "This is a paragraph" line? This line starts at the >> beginning of the line when written normally. > > I think he might want the text to start at the "real" tab stop, > indented even more. Then using `M-i' (M-x tab-to-tab-stop) might help. Setting `tab-always-indent' to `nil' isn't very useful here because this variable has no effect when the point is at the beginning of the line. Maybe this variable could accept a value of 'never, meaning that it should never indent relatively, even when the point is at the beginning of the line? BTW, the docstring of `tab-always-indent' does not mention 'always, even customizing `tab-always-indent' offers this as an option. -- Bastien