Re: TAB button behavior in C mode and PHP mode

[Alexander Stepanov]

On Dec 9, 5:15 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > When I edit code in C mode or PHP mode and make additional indentation
> > using TAB Emacs doesn't input this tabs.
>
> The direct answer is: C-q TAB
> C-q is a very convenient command that's worth knowing.
>
> The longer answer is that there are usually two cases:
> - the indentation you want corresponds to a different indentation style,
>   in which case you should try and see if you con configure the major
>   mode so as to indent the way you like it.  If you can't, then maybe
>   you should report it as a bug to the major mode's maintainer.
>
> - the indentation you want does not correspond to a particular style,
>   but is due to particular circumstances at this precise location (or
>   in other words, it does correspond to a particular style, but there's
>   little hope to make Emacs understand this style).  In that case, you
>   want C-q TAB (or use SPC which works wonders as well :-).
>
> In some major modes (the ones using SMIE), you can tell the major mode
> that the indentation you've setup on a particular line should be trusted
> as gospel.  For SMIE based modes, you do that by adding a special
> comment at the end of that line like /* fixindent */.  For one-off
> occurrences it can be convenient.
>
>         Stefan

Thanks. You solution is better. Torsten's method breaks TAB button
behavior in other parts of Emacs.