Binding literal tab to C-Tab

Binding literal tab to C-Tab

[Josh]

Hi all,

I have a need to insert literal tab characters into my org-mode files 
frequently. I would like to bind a key to insert literal tabs (ASCII 9). I 
thought Control-TAB would be a good option. So I inserted the following 
lines into my .emacs file. It works when in normal emacs, but not in 
org-mode. Is there a way to get this to work in org-mode? If this is a bad 
key combination for org-mode, I'm ok switching to another key combo.

(defun my-insert-tab-char ()
   "Insert a tab char. (ASCII 9, \t)"
   (interactive)
   (insert "\t"))

(global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>") 'my-insert-tab-char)

Thanks!

Josh

Re: Binding literal tab to C-Tab

[Marco Wahl]

Hi.

Josh <jnfo-d@grauman.com> writes:

> I have a need to insert literal tab characters into my org-mode files
> frequently. I would like to bind a key to insert literal tabs (ASCII
> 9). I thought Control-TAB would be a good option. So I inserted the
> following lines into my .emacs file. It works when in normal emacs,
> but not in org-mode. Is there a way to get this to work in org-mode?
> If this is a bad key combination for org-mode, I'm ok switching to
> another key combo.

What about using quoted-insert?  C-q TAB


Ciao,
-- Marco

Re: Binding literal tab to C-Tab

[Joost Kremers]

On Fri, Mar 06 2020, Josh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a need to insert literal tab characters into my org-mode 
> files
> frequently. I would like to bind a key to insert literal tabs 
> (ASCII 9). I
> thought Control-TAB would be a good option. So I inserted the 
> following lines
> into my .emacs file. It works when in normal emacs, but not in 
> org-mode. Is
> there a way to get this to work in org-mode? If this is a bad 
> key combination
> for org-mode, I'm ok switching to another key combo.

Well, C-TAB is already bound in Org (to 
`org-force-cycle-archived`), but if you have no use for that 
command, you can of course rebind it. Since `global-set-key` 
creates global bindings, which are shadowed by local bindings, 
your binding has no effect in Org buffers. You need to bind C-TAB 
in `org-mode-map`:

    (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-<tab>") #'my-insert-tab-char)

HTH

-- 
Joost Kremers
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