Re: TAB key to insert tab character

[Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>]

Didn't help.  I tried nil and non-nil and created a new buffer each time 
(t.txt) and it didn't change anything.  And, yes, I did save it for the 
current session first.

Thanks.

Blake McBride


Drew Adams wrote:
>> I have the TAB key doing exactly what I want when editing C or Lisp 
>> programs but I can't get it to do what I want in TEXT or FUNDAMENTAL 
>> modes.  I did try to get rid of my .gnu-emacs-custom file 
>> temporarily to 
>> verify that none of my other customizations were causing the problem.
>>
>> What is happening is that when I hit the TAB key it inserts a 
>> number of 
>> spaces to line the cursor up with the second word of the previous 
>> sentence.  What I want (in TEXT & FUNDAMENTAL modes) is for 
>> the TAB key 
>> to just add a TAB.  Not an equivalent number of spaces for a 
>> TAB or to 
>> line it up with the previous line's second word - just add a 
>> single TAB 
>> character.
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