Re: Unable to Set Tab Width

[Chris <matrix2468REMOVETHISTOREPLY@cox.net>]

Thank you!

Everyone's comments were very helpful and I
was able to set the tab stops as needed.

Thanks,
Chris

Chris wrote:
> Despite countless efforts, I cannot set the tab width
> in emacs to 2 spaces instead of 4.
> 
>  >uname -a
> HP-UX host B.11.00 U 9000/785 2007718834 unlimited-user license
> 
>  >/usr/local/bin/emacs-21.2.1
>  >cat .emacs
> (setq default-tab-width 2)
> 
> I thought the above command would set the tab width to 2,
> but it is stuck at 4!
> 
> That is all I have in the emacs file.
> 
> I did have that long list of tab stops such as 2 4 6 8 ...
> but that didn't help.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> It's driving me nuts while editing perl or java.
> 
> I thought emacs was configurable... no?
> 
> I have the same trouble with a Win32 version of emacs (20.7.1).
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> Chris
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