From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a beginner's emacs troubles Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:23:46 -0600 Message-ID: References: <1185749317.489626.226270@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com> <1185843722.747310.212470@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1185863056 27348 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2007 06:24:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:24:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 31 08:24:09 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IFl9M-0000PA-UJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:24:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFl9M-0002g3-3H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:24:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFl97-0002fr-3Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:23:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IFl95-0002ff-NH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:23:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IFl95-0002fc-IN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:23:51 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IFl95-0008DU-5R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:23:51 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IFl91-0001U5-Qi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.162.159.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:47 +0200 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:47 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 19 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-162-159-170.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) In-Reply-To: <1185843722.747310.212470@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com> X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46219 Archived-At: 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