From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Slass Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tab problem Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:09:05 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <4139c71c$0$22757$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1094352450 23087 80.91.224.253 (5 Sep 2004 02:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 02:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 05 04:47:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C3n3s-0006WY-00 for ; Sun, 05 Sep 2004 04:47:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C3n7Y-0004Z1-Po for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:51:12 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 21:09:05 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:eXOH2Ujpak0u2mUG0AKVDDEJg/8= Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.18.253.35 Original-X-Trace: sv3-jf7dijDHm5f9sawcZvESp0eyD1ZNde77X3vbEHtndMoAzgIRiP83zSzbWvzzrs9k4VcEXrlDrbsjR95!tidoyanjTRQfRM84ENQbykn4a7bxwWFqo7vu7+8SFjJs/rBafFvXqlA2 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.13 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125090 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20443 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20443 Nick Chorley writes: >I have a problem with Emacs which is that I can't seem to enter more >than 1 tab when in C++/Java mode (it does do the automatic indentation >like when you're using if statements though). When in the "normal" >text editing mode, I can't enter any tabs. > >Can anyone help? > >Thanks. In those modes, the tab key is bound to a command which indents the current line according to the program syntax. You can insert a literal tab character with C-q TAB CTRL-q is a prefix to insert the next character entered literally, not to run the command bound to the key that generates that character. Best, -- Mike Slass