From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Geralt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: c-mode tab is not tabbing Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 16:55:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <21862022.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234022139 4383 80.91.229.12 (7 Feb 2009 15:55:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 15:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rubing Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 07 16:56:54 2009 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 1LVpY5-0002Yl-N3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:56:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40248 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVpWm-0002qp-HX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:55:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVpWN-0002qA-Da for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:55:07 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVpWM-0002pG-NZ for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:55:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54427 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVpWM-0002pD-8U for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:55:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f160.google.com ([209.85.218.160]:53310) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVpWL-0007TK-Pu for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:55:06 -0500 Original-Received: by bwz4 with SMTP id 4so280217bwz.18 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:55:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=jVLskmGjKr2qzcNPZPRHjiryBeTDZP+ZtWYgzHf21vM=; b=UuVgpg8jH/B+Ch+XauWXX/MpkV0g6q6XZ3mTfJjam+30b30ruh5GASc2RnSj3KwOoW 59eWimNs6235D1fu0OdxBlha6dMLt9C0UTd6m2fVnMSkmJaXCctI8XHw3dB4YXTFTXsE U4gdISIx4ekwNC1wMn6xiWweAGEPEZIIjmG3s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OQ87BSLKy/rbQwXpTItPnBM+0l2Bu7LN1iBgg+myk7ykikVFWFwcZa6nSmOzqo4Xuw LY2ygiC+Q5kLO7DWDnYkj3VybXskD7oziXfvzUVvncp/ql9yCU0a1a4NpZ6oxWT4rZSB uGlY3OC2FngCD4SenkZpnKsiNBQqRgMKx8k70= Original-Received: by 10.181.201.18 with SMTP id d18mr1044702bkq.72.1234022103923; Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:55:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <21862022.post@talk.nabble.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:61981 Archived-At: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM, rubing wrote: > > If i press the tab key in the body of the text in order to write a comment or > such it does not work. > > The tab key only works at the beginning of the line for only as many tabs as > propper formatting allows. > > I want to be able to use tab anywhere. How can I change this?? > > Thanks! > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/c-mode-tab-is-not-tabbing-tp21862022p21862022.html > Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > By default all indentation is done with whitespace, so if the tab-key does not indent further, but you think you need to indent further, just insert spaces until you're satisfied :-) I suggest to keep the tab-keys current behaviour and to keep whitespace for indentation, this way your source files look proper on every editor. Geralt.