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"Piotr Piwko" <piotrpiwko@afro.afraid.org> writes:

> My emacs changes tab to spaces. For example: If I put tab, I will have 4
> spaces, but i want have 1 tab
> How can I off it?

You can always type C-q TAB to insert a literal tab character.

Also see the variable indent-tabs-mode; it controls whether
tabbing inserts tabs or only spaces.

Also see the variable tab-width; it controls how a literal tab
character should be displayed.

Kai