From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Making the tab key insert a tab Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 15:22:16 +0000 Message-ID: References: <202211251721.2APHLVIJ009122@randytool.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5928"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: rbell@alumni.caltech.edu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 26 16:22:41 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oyx0q-0001KS-No for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2022 16:22:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oyx0Y-0007lr-3g; Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:22:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oyx0W-0007li-Bo for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:22:20 -0500 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oyx0U-0006Hi-Gm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:22:19 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1669476136; bh=YioTzc2IocSbWMsvs/ziRbAA4yYWVc/Um0zILlAzt48=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=JJKypMPgLkm/70U7gJnmU3mWA9zp9Hekt57er1qo12ExKGRbWHncQPJJWRSAwAopj HUQgGDjbH1XaCjCdBxvKJB29fyaNWP3cFvHwUtvFmKlIeFwSjnB7TTzduqW7/CrfjR FzJ/vyyHH6BsD4NSDr2e2qXW4G4tDagM7KUXC/KhNkCBPmPmdk5Av2rgexEY2aP47O vPFGiw7eXgeP4mAMpFmNjHGWvXqbdN7SH1PzlBAc/dODTv0hi3C0icK1feVwPxCST0 wRCCG3nGIK6IiO5k+iwHgl1nti2ZAk3vbpgppZhDkJMP94+S8w+NB0foymf3klelC7 OSShRpBPtBArw== In-Reply-To: <202211251721.2APHLVIJ009122@randytool.net> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141175 Archived-At: > > In the good old days (23.3 and before?) emacs used to insert a tab when > I hit the tab key. Now it ignores it. I have to hit ctrl-q tab. I > want emacs to insert a tab when I hit the tab key. I've searched the > internet and tried many apparent solutions - to no avail. I usually use > Parindent mode. > You can use (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command). Or perhaps (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop), which lets you configure the tab stops.