From: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
To: rbell@alumni.caltech.edu
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making the tab key insert a tab
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:22:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f3c1c37c494760f48315@heytings.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202211251721.2APHLVIJ009122@randytool.net>
>
> In the good old days (23.3 and before?) emacs used to insert a tab when
> I hit the tab key. Now it ignores it. I have to hit ctrl-q tab. I
> want emacs to insert a tab when I hit the tab key. I've searched the
> internet and tried many apparent solutions - to no avail. I usually use
> Parindent mode.
>
You can use (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command). Or perhaps
(global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop), which lets you configure
the tab stops.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-26 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-25 17:21 Making the tab key insert a tab rbell
2022-11-26 15:22 ` Gregory Heytings [this message]
2022-11-26 15:25 ` John Haman
2022-11-26 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2022-11-26 15:53 rbell
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