Re: Spaces rather than tabs by a major mode hook

[goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com>]

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On Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 7:52 AM, goncholden <goncholden@protonmail.com> wrote:


> ------- Original Message -------
> On Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 7:44 AM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote:
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> > > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:40:59 +0000
> > > From: goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > >
> > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > On Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 7:33 AM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:10:15 +0000
> > > > > From: goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com
> > > > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Have attached a file. When I press tab, the tab actually gets removed
> > > > > > > and the code ends up in column 1. Strange things are happening with tab.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In what line do you see this? And in which version of Emacs?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using version 27.2
> > > > >
> > > > > For instance, it happens when I go to the beginning of each line in the Arguments Section. Pressing TAB on the first column removed the tab.
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't happen here with Emacs 27.2 invoked as "emacs -Q". Did you
> > > > try that in "emacs -Q"?
> > >
> > > With "emacs -Q" I can only introduce a single tab. If a tab already exists, the cursor goes to the start of the first character.
> >
> > That's the intended and correct behavior of TAB in
> > programming-language modes. What is the problem with it?
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> It is a problem because the authors of the code used multiple tab inserts for indentation as well. This rejects the use of emacs outright.

Most likely written by some old dudes working in the late 80's and early 90's.  Have a good hunch that they were old fortran programmers that did not entertain the idea of moving to Fortran 90.