From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .emacs read but ignored Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:39:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <18266597.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215276279 27064 80.91.229.12 (5 Jul 2008 16:44:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 16:44:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: xjm Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 05 18:45:25 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KFAt3-0006B0-5t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:45:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56379 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KFAsC-0001Fc-81 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:44:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KFAoc-0005hd-GS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KFAoa-0005fG-IG for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:40:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46149 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KFAoa-0005f0-95 for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:22433) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KFAoZ-0002IJ-UL for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KF674-0007Hz-6P for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:39:34 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD01E273A1F; Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:39:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [91.35.189.247] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1KF672-0006ES-00; Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:39:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <18266597.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18r07PW6EDHJDAOhEXOx5x6VLOm7JdbuN/jrFLU 8d/QcIb6A7EIHwYmgF2tkJLT5lC5GGCHpO69yMCaLAr1FpnggV 9YkqwiYXp442tjro6VBA== X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55264 Archived-At: Am 03.07.2008 um 21:21 schrieb xjm: > (setq default-tab-width 2) > Even with this setting, I still get monstrous 8-character tabs. Documentation: Default value of `tab-width' for buffers that do not override = it. This is the same as (default-value 'tab-width). Are you using it in a buffer that does *not* overwrite your default =20 by using some minor mode? If are in doubt whether your init file ist read in, then make it =20 start with a (message "My init file starts here.") and finish it with: (message "My init file ends here.") -- Greetings Pete Make it simple, as simple as possible but no simpler. =96 Albert Einstein