From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "the_tick@brok3n.org" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:46:28 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <146040-220031430194628428@M2W035.mail2web.com> Reply-To: the_tick@brok3n.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043955984 25453 80.91.224.249 (30 Jan 2003 19:46:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:46:24 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18eKdh-0006cN-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:46:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eKew-0006VC-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:47:38 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eKel-0006Ur-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:47:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eKeS-0006Oi-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from relay1.softcomca.com ([168.144.1.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eKdp-00062k-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:46:29 -0500 Original-Received: from M2W035.mail2web.com ([168.144.251.140]) by relay1.softcomca.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:46:28 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-Originating-IP: 207.193.159.1 X-URL: http://mail2web.com/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jan 2003 19:46:28.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[47C82B40:01C2C898] X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6118 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6118 =0A=0AOriginal Message:=0A-----------------=0AFrom: Barry Margolin barmar@= genuity=2Enet=0ADate: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:53:38 GMT=0ATo: help-gnu-emacs@g= nu=2Eorg=0ASubject: Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs=0A=0A=0AIn article ,=0Athe_tick@br= ok3n=2Eorg wrote:=0A>Type=0A>=09C-h c TAB=0A>=0A>a= nd tell us what you get=2E It might be that the TAB key is mapped=0A>to a= function other than a primitive tab=2E=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>Heh, I'm not qu= ite sure how to do C-h c TAB, I only know how to save and=0A=0AYou type Co= ntrol-h followed by c followed by TAB=2E This will display what=0Acharact= er the TAB key sends, and what command is executed as a result=2E=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0AThere is nothing there=2E=2E=0A>close emacs=2E But I did figure out = what Kai was talking about earlier=2E When=0A>I edit a =2Ecpp, =2Edll, or = any file without an extension, tab works fine=2E When=0A>it's a =2Ec or =2E= m file, no tab key functionality=2E How would I go about=0A>changing it so= that tab would work in all files?=0A=0AIn most of the modes for editing p= rogramming language files, TAB is=0Aassigned to a function to indent the c= urrent line correctly=2E If it doesn't=0Aseem to be doing anything, it's = because the line is already indented=0Acorrectly=2E=0A=0AIf you want to in= sert a literal TAB character in the file, type C-q TAB=0A(that's Control-q= followed by the TAB key)=2E=0A=0A=0AOk, so that worked=2E=2E how to I set= that up in my =2Eemacs file, or globally?=0A=0A>Heh, it's my laptop, so t= he only other person using it would be my wife=2E=2E=0A>and she likes vi := )=0A=0AIf there's only one Emacs user, why would you need your =2Eemacs fi= le to be=0Aglobal?=0A=0A=0AWell, I have a bob user for messing with stuff = without breaking my home directory, then I have my chris user, for normal usage, and I have root=2E= =2E=0A-- =0ABarry Margolin, barmar@genuity=2Enet=0AGenuity, Woburn, MA=0A*= ** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups=2E= =0APlease DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to th= e group=2E=0A_______________________________________________=0AHelp-gnu-emac= s mailing list=0AHelp-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg=0Ahttp://mail=2Egnu=2Eorg/mailma= n/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E