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-]
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V. L. Simpson
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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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