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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a beginner's emacs troubles
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:23:46 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8mkhd$qk5$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1185843722.747310.212470@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>

f33ldead@gmail.com wrote:
> I have something similar:
> 
> #define SOMETHING      0x43
> #define SOMETHING_ELSE      0x12
> #define ANYWAY   0x56
> 
> I need tabs between the defined term and it's value so that it'll be
> indented nicely. And I just can't do it. That's what I was actually
> referring to. I think it's a bad idea to decide where tabs _can_ to
> for an editor.

You are assuming that pressing the tab key inserts a tab character,
but actually the tab key is bound to a command (like any other key).
If you want to insert a tab character, use `C-q TAB'.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-31  6:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-29 22:48 a beginner's emacs troubles f33ldead
2007-07-30  0:08 ` roodwriter
2007-07-30  1:48 ` Daniel Leidisch
2007-07-30  4:10   ` Tyler Smith
2007-07-30  6:18     ` f33ldead
2007-07-30  7:56     ` Daniel Leidisch
2007-07-30  8:30 ` Mathias Häbich
2007-07-30 12:22   ` Tyler Smith
2007-07-31  1:02     ` f33ldead
2007-07-31  6:23       ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2007-07-31 16:25       ` don provan
2007-07-31 20:13         ` f33ldead
2007-07-31 22:45           ` Drew Adams
     [not found]           ` <mailman.4175.1185921962.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-01  1:41             ` f33ldead
2007-08-01  8:59               ` Alan Mackenzie

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