Re: Indentation settings problems

[Andreas Politz]

TriKri <kristoferkrus@hotmail.com> writes:

> Bernardo Bacic wrote:
>> 
>> er, don't know about the menus - i never use them and have them turned 
>> off, but the following in your .emacs should work:
>> 
>> (setq-default tab-width 4
>>                indent-tabs-mode t)
>> 
>
> In which file should I add it? I can't find any file ending with .emacs. I
> made a search in the entire emacs folder and ordered by date last modified,
> but no file is modified later than July this year, and I have made changes
> in the options this month. So, where is the file located? Is there any quick
> way to add it with emacs?

Maybe you're more the customize-type.

M-x customize-option tab-width RET

or

M-x customize-apropos tab RET

-ap