[Orgmode] Re: TAB character in source code blocks

[Dan Davison]

Erik Iverson <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using org source blocks to write a Makefile.
>
> #+begin_src makefile :tangle Makefile
> target: dependencies
>       command
> #+end_src
>
> At least in GNU make, commands must start with a TAB.
>
> However, after I close the code edit buffer with C-c ',
> the resulting whitespace in the org-mode buffer, and thus
> the tangled Makefile, is spaces and not a tab.
>
> I haven't looked into what's causing this yet, wondering
> if anyone else has come across this already and found
> a solution?

Hi Erik,

(setq org-src-preserve-indentation t) should do it. It does have some
other effects so let us know if you have difficulty separating wanted
and unwanted effects.


Dan

>
> Thanks,
> Erik
>
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