Re: [emacs] tabs, spaces, and indentation

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> ;;force TAB to insert just one TAB:
>     (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command)
> (This would be for every mode - but it may be best to just set it for
> your C mode)

Note also that it may fail to work for some major modes, in which case
it's normally a bug in that major mode.

For the problem of having auto-indentation take place while inserting
some other character, this is usually considered a feature, named
"electric keys" or something like that.  Until now this has been
implemented in ad-hoc ways, separately in each major mode, so the way to
turn it off is different for each and every major mode.

Emacs-24 will introduce a standard way to provide this feature, with
a corresponding standard way (called electric-indent-mode) to turn it on
or off globally (tho it will only work with those major modes which use
this new standard implementation rather than doing it their own way).


        Stefan