From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "the_tick@brok3n.org" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:42:08 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <99610-22003143017428865@M2W092.mail2web.com> Reply-To: the_tick@brok3n.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043948566 20826 80.91.224.249 (30 Jan 2003 17:42:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18eIi4-0005Pg-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:42:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eIjF-0003G5-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:43:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eIiu-0003BL-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:43:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eIis-0003AF-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:43:35 -0500 Original-Received: from relay1.softcomca.com ([168.144.1.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18eIhV-0002Io-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:42:09 -0500 Original-Received: from M2W092.mail2web.com ([168.144.251.204]) by relay1.softcomca.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:42:08 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-Originating-IP: 207.193.159.1 X-URL: http://mail2web.com/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jan 2003 17:42:08.0914 (UTC) FILETIME=[E98A8F20:01C2C886] X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6108 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6108 Original Message: ----------------- From: kgold@watson=2Eibm=2Ecom (kgold) Date: 30 Jan 2003 16:22:02 GMT To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg Subject: Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs In article , Christopher Forsythe writes: > Hi, >=20 > I've lost the functionality of my tab button in emacs 21=2E1=2E1=2E = I am > running os x 10=2E2=2E3, and lost the functionality of my delete key as = well, it > would bring up the help menu=2E Fixed that with a =2Eemacs file=2E I'd l= ike to be > able to do two things >=20 > 1) Fix the tab function Type =09C-h c TAB and tell us what you get=2E It might be that the TAB key is mapped to a function other than a primitive tab=2E Heh, I'm not quite sure how to do C-h c TAB, I only know how to save and close emacs=2E But I did figure out what Kai was talking about earlier=2E = When I edit a =2Ecpp, =2Edll, or any file without an extension, tab works fine=2E= When it's a =2Ec or =2Em file, no tab key functionality=2E How would I go about= changing it so that tab would work in all files? > 2) Make the instructions in the =2Eemacs file global, so that all users would > have it by just typing =2Eemacs, but without putting a =2Eemacs file int= o > everyones home directory=2E Think really hard before you do this=2E Is it really a site wide customization that people will need in order for emacs to work? Or is a cool customization that you like and want to share with everyone? If the latter, it might annoy more users than it helps, when emacs behaves in s strange non-default way and they can't figure out why=2E >>From the manual: There can also be a "default init file", which is the library named `default=2Eel', found via the standard search path for libraries=2E The Emacs distribution contains no such library; your site may create one for local customizations=2E If this library exists, it is loaded whenever you start Emacs (except when you specify `-q')=2E But your init file, if any, is loaded first; if it sets `inhibit-default-init' non-`nil', then `default' is not loaded=2E Your site may also have a "site startup file"; this is named `site-start=2Eel', if it exists=2E Emacs loads this library before it loads your init file=2E To inhibit loading of this library, use the option `-no-site-file'=2E Heh, it's my laptop, so the only other person using it would be my wife=2E= =2E and she likes vi :) --=20 --=20 Ken Goldman kgold@watson=2Eibm=2Ecom 914-784-7646 _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu=2Eorg http://mail=2Egnu=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E