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georg1000@gmx.de writes:

> I was unable to find out how to do this. The only way to change
> the display of TAB is by changing `tab-width', which can only be set to
> a constant value.

That's also what I think.

> I do not want to change the behaviour of the tab key (with
> `tab-stop-list' for example), but the display of the TAB key.

To change the display of the tab key, you have to paint your keyboard ;-)

Kai