From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Variables indent-tabs-mode and tab-always-indent
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:10:50 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sfo1mbdh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <N4u9T8W--3-2@tutanota.com> (message from carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor on Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:12:54 +0200 (CEST))
> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:12:54 +0200 (CEST)
> From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>
>
> Documentation for variable `indent-tabs-mode` states "Indentation can insert tabs if this is non-nil".
>
> How do these two variables work together
When the value of tab-always-indent and the situation in which you
press the TAB key are such that Emacs decides to indent the line,
indent-tabs-mode controls whether Emacs inserts just spaces or a muix
of TABs and spaces.
> and do they conflict?
No.
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2022-06-19 4:12 Variables indent-tabs-mode and tab-always-indent carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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2022-06-19 13:06 ` carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-06-19 13:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
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