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From: Will Parsons <oudeis@nodomain.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: TAB key to insert tab character
Date: 9 Feb 2008 17:58:58 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnfqrqf2.1ot7.oudeis@isis.thalatta.eme> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 13qrq5pk60d3n9a@news.supernews.com

Blake McBride wrote:
> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>> 
>> Am 09.02.2008 um 00:36 schrieb Blake McBride:
>> 
>>> What I want (in TEXT & FUNDAMENTAL modes) is for the TAB key to just 
>>> add a TAB.
>> 
>> C-q TAB – is this a choice?
>
> Of course not.  It does work, but I'm not going to type C-q TAB every 
> time I want a TAB any more than I'm willing to type C-q R every time I 
> want an "R".

You could do what I do - bind Ctrl-Tab to insert an ASCII <tab>:

  (global-set-key [C-tab] (lambda () (interactive) (insert-char 9 1)))

- Will


  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-09 17:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-08 23:36 TAB key to insert tab character Blake McBride
2008-02-09  4:34 ` Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.7193.1202531707.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-09  5:16   ` Blake McBride
2008-02-09 13:13     ` Steve Taylor
2008-02-09 10:03 ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found] ` <mailman.7204.1202551399.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-09 17:54   ` Blake McBride
2008-02-09 17:58     ` Will Parsons [this message]
2008-02-09 19:46       ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-02-09 20:56       ` Blake McBride
2008-02-10  4:14         ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]         ` <mailman.7240.1202616871.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-11 14:27           ` Blake McBride
2008-02-12 19:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]       ` <mailman.7229.1202586422.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-02-10  1:18         ` Will Parsons

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