From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: change spaces indent in text mode?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:56:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B6391D1.1080801@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ef38762f1001291651k2c6717dfm8b5ae382c2057f6f@mail.gmail.com>
On Friday 29 January 2010 04:51 PM, Brendan Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Tom Rauchenwald
> <sehnsucht.nach.unendlichkeit@quantentunnel.de> wrote:
>> Brendan Miller<catphive@catphive.net> writes:
>>
>>> Great, thanks!
>>>
>>> The only problem I have, is that m-i seems to indent by 8 spaces. I
>>> tried putting
>>>
>>> (setq tab-width 4) in my .emacs, but that doesn't seem to change
>>> anything... is m-i controlled by a different variable?
>>
>> Try (setq-default tab-width 4)
>
> Nope. m-i still indents by 8 spaces.
>
> I'm on emacs 23, if that matters.
For now you can try `M-x edit-tab-stops RET'. That allows you to edit
the tab stops interactively. Hopefully this will be helpful.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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2010-01-29 19:39 ` change spaces indent in text mode? Teemu Likonen
2010-01-29 20:50 ` Brendan Miller
2010-01-29 21:22 ` Tom Rauchenwald
2010-01-30 0:51 ` Brendan Miller
2010-01-30 1:56 ` Suvayu Ali [this message]
2010-01-29 21:30 ` Tyler Smith
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2010-02-01 17:07 ` Stefan Monnier
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2010-02-06 8:11 ` Jorgen Grahn
2010-02-07 0:51 ` Tim X
2010-02-07 3:31 ` Tim X
2010-02-08 2:14 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.443.1264798210.14305.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-01-30 2:39 ` Tim X
2010-01-30 21:59 ` Glauber Alex Dias Prado
[not found] ` <mailman.477.1264888760.14305.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-01-30 23:06 ` Tim X
2010-01-31 2:05 ` Suvayu Ali
[not found] ` <mailman.482.1264903543.14305.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-02-01 17:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-02-02 1:32 ` Suvayu Ali
2010-02-06 8:21 ` Jorgen Grahn
2010-02-07 7:23 ` Suvayu Ali
2010-01-29 19:28 Brendan Miller
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