Re: TAB button behavior in C mode and PHP mode

[PJ Weisberg]

> On Dec 9, 5:15 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>> The direct answer is: C-q TAB
>> C-q is a very convenient command that's worth knowing.

C-q, in fact, will literally insert ANY character, including
characters like ESC and backspace.  Very handy sometimes, indeed.

On 12/14/10, Alexander Stepanov <darkdrip@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>


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-PJ