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From: "V. L. Simpson" <vls@freeshell.org>
Subject: Re: Emacs tabbing configuration
Date: 15 Oct 2004 19:06:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y8i7zfud.fsf@ghidra.localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3379.1097854393.2017.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

>>>>> "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-]

-- 
V. L. Simpson
http://vls.freeshell.org/
http://www.nongnu.org/screenplay/
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       reply	other threads:[~2004-10-16  0:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.3379.1097854393.2017.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-10-16  0:06 ` V. L. Simpson [this message]
2004-11-06 15:21   ` Emacs tabbing configuration Kai Grossjohann
2004-10-15 15:24 Thomas Beresford

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