From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ^@ tabs on Emacs23-2 Slacko 5.4 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 00:50:20 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1357344484196-274480.post@n5.nabble.com> Reply-To: cfajohnson@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1357365915 23159 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2013 06:05:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 06:05:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 07:05:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TrMst-0006rO-62 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:05:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39163 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TrMsb-0004tx-Mn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:05:13 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="cd6607a3307c506d0ac882d553266fbe"; logging-data="17901"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/vDVH5/iaEQWXKMGLF6RxQ/p2XaaJQJdM=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Zm7oCU6dC3FzlRae+IJSK/2N4s= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:196161 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:88465 Archived-At: On 2013-01-05, XeCycle wrote: > --=-=-= > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > OS Stuntman writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I don't know if this is a Slacko issue or a setting I'm over >> looking; I haven't had this problem on other >> distros, but on Slacko 5.4 (Puppy Linux) when I type C-q C-tab I get: ^@ >> >> How to switch back to normal clear space tabs? > > C-q means insert the next character literally. C-tab is not a > character. Perhaps it chose null character (^@) instead. I have C-tab set to insert a real TAB character. -- Chris F.A. Johnson Author: ======================= Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)