From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: pemente@northpark.edu (Eric Pement) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Understanding Emacs and Tabs Date: 16 May 2003 11:56:42 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <227a55e9.0305161056.d0bdd8e@posting.google.com> References: <227a55e9.0305060728.582d5361@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053112036 2243 80.91.224.249 (16 May 2003 19:07:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 16 21:07:10 2003 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 19GkT9-00009M-00 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 21:02:15 +0200 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 19GkRF-0003j8-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 May 2003 15:00:17 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.185.249.144 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1053111403 31647 127.0.0.1 (16 May 2003 18:56:43 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 May 2003 18:56:43 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113319 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:9815 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9815 "Paul D. Smith" wrote in message news:... > You should probably point out that, regardless of the mode or other > settings, you can always insert an actual TAB character by first typing > C-q as in: > > C-q TAB That's a good reminder. I've added that to the page, and will post the updated version on my website within a week. > You should probably also mention the "*-tab-always-indent" variables; > for example c-tab-always-indent. I set this (and its brethren in > various other programming modes) to nil and that works much better for > me than the default setting of t. The reason I didn't mention it is that I haven't played with it enough to really understand how it works (the documentation in the source code notwithstanding). I'll take a stab at it, and then incorporate my best understanding into the next version. Thanks! -- Eric Pement