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From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ^@ tabs on Emacs23-2 Slacko 5.4
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:50:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <shrkr9-66h.ln1@cfa.johnson> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.16731.1357361121.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

On 2013-01-05, XeCycle wrote:
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> OS Stuntman <akagikong@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Hello,
>>
>>           I don't know if this is a Slacko issue or a setting I'm over
>> looking; I haven't had this problem on other
>> distros, but on Slacko 5.4 (Puppy Linux) when I type C-q C-tab I get: ^@
>>
>>          How to switch back to normal clear space tabs?
>
> C-q means insert the next character literally.  C-tab is not a
> character.  Perhaps it chose null character (^@) instead.

   I have C-tab set to insert a real TAB character.

-- 
   Chris F.A. Johnson                          <http://cfajohnson.com>
   Author:                                     =======================
   Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
   Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-05  5:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-05  0:08 ^@ tabs on Emacs23-2 Slacko 5.4 OS Stuntman
2013-01-05  4:40 ` XeCycle
     [not found] ` <mailman.16731.1357361121.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-01-05  5:50   ` Chris F.A. Johnson [this message]
2013-01-05 11:21 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-01-05 15:07   ` OS Stuntman

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