From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Skip Montanaro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:04:26 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87a7wc33od.fsf@local.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1518563012 29136 195.159.176.226 (13 Feb 2018 23:03:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:03:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help GNU Emacs To: Harry Putnam Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 14 00:03:27 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eljbM-0005xW-OS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:03:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60014 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eljdO-0006nn-Jy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:05:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eljck-0006mO-9C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:04:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eljci-0005IL-PK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:04:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pl0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::229]:41936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eljci-0005H1-Em for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pl0-x229.google.com with SMTP id k8so7401732pli.8 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:04:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=uAIGaw5a84rLr7YyGhtfIIydEolNhY0QXQTmSYx2rZg=; b=Fv0zR6N/zYoLi6l/HhXQgIexXYFXFprHVP3ckAWbSP4MJ5d0UpKryw7v/PGMhhvy4x h7nsPceXnNnSaCbu9IP1dDsnWQS8Gw5upPqdIjjbuideIymPugVisMjfISkSNLlSER2g 5bWebAfQ9VxxySK1lwdZl5TgQIBcZmiKe3T1b/DPZMXVIr1LE4utup5EbRc65itMKM9J j1hUeZiIO2REznftHwVVL8v8eVdzUxjyAJ7oRtePAqE2eNYrMwcI+OkY7d3NsXJU4OXJ ryChDQ6A7NtGpS+Mnmdk2IZCO//ZLtxy2fCuJB0vXwCjZDt65+FJBr8IQ0+FRgFiTUPp 6VwA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uAIGaw5a84rLr7YyGhtfIIydEolNhY0QXQTmSYx2rZg=; b=UI5yvcUtWl3W99jCvr80L9mr/dWgk5ulrmPLQNXIqQjHr8UMfd+1Jfa74D5mAN3Iw0 0Lw3aPCQ3dF3dPuJEQqFmr6jwGoDb1pdHZkVLPmgoy9F2iBd7PnA/zE+unNSjmZ4MtnX 72imwtsliEWmeF9qN4eHN7Plp9SXATk4Q4eeE1b+X2SwxhLAkVOKatwSzAwnArF8a+r0 NbdzoN6clL9JlTu3YeKGnNSxjE310x5haL1gCEVrqR7HsM12sU7a6efBVPT/yFrE1baB Pi1+V58ekY8Exd2loftvOzaoCE6LE/USfz8U1hcU2kcWREgRrM4EgMoNG5Wi6FTd39z9 jUvw== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPB//hEVzvKkcOnlBBbDVusTleTx1aINlDjxyyA+OHIOUdSef1fK EohrqSBi0MTz+RwmyZ/pr933yB+iOvvicWvBYlM0BKbTTg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x225PXYNIxHYeWIDRT577vR4dydRz7b3BxJai0H+AKDNnl8o2PrK+TzxhEG8A6SE6mmgDYkFzjOcXPoC/gGkC5qc= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:6a81:: with SMTP id n1-v6mr2528492plk.11.1518563066823; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:04:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.143.133 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:04:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.100.143.133 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:04:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::229 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:115986 Archived-At: It's been a long time since I cared about such things (I'm a Python developer, so tabs are anathema unless I'm editing a makefile), but I'm pretty sure there's a delete-backward-using-spaces variable, or something similar. Poke around with M-x apropos. I'd hunt myself, but only have my smarty-pants Android phone at the ready. I don't think it has GNU Emacs installed. :-) Skip