From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Haman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Making the tab key insert a tab Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:25:49 -0500 Message-ID: <87h6ylrb42.fsf@johnhaman.org> References: <202211251721.2APHLVIJ009122@randytool.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29812"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rbell@alumni.caltech.edu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 26 16:27:35 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oyx5X-0007W0-O4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:25:51 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <202211251721.2APHLVIJ009122@randytool.net> (rbell@alumni.caltech.edu's message of "Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:21:31 -0700") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.111.4.28; envelope-from=mail@johnhaman.org; helo=out4-smtp.messagingengine.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141176 Archived-At: You might take a look at the documentation for variable `tab-always-indent`. I bet if you set `tab-always-indent` to nil, you can get the behavior you are looking for. -- Dr. John Haman Maryland, USA