Re: TAB key to insert tab character

[Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>
>> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:56:02 -0600
>>
>>> You could do what I do - bind Ctrl-Tab to insert an ASCII <tab>:
>>>
>>>   (global-set-key [C-tab] (lambda () (interactive) (insert-char 9 1)))
>>>
>>> - Will
>> I don't want to globally set anything.  I like the way the TAB key works 
>> in C and Lisp modes.  I just want to change its behavior in TEXT and 
>> FUNDAMENTAL modes.
> 
> Did you actually try that?  I think mode-specific key bindings always
> override global bindings, so the above will not affect C mode. for
> example.
> 
> But if you want to bind TAB in Text mode, then try the below:
> 
>   (define-key text-mode-map "\C-i" 'self-insert-command)
> 
> You will need to do this in a text-mode-hook.
> 
> 

Okay, I added the following line:

	(define-key text-mode-map (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command)

This fixed the problem in TEXT mode.  I didn't seem to have to use it in 
a text-mode-hook.  Now the problem is how to fix thins in FUNDAMENTAL 
mode (the mode used when no special file extension is used)?

Thanks.

Blake McBride