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Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs
From: |
Ben Bacarisse |
Subject: |
Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:19:02 +0000 |
Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
> I know how to insert tabs in emacs I thought.
>
> C-q <tab>
>
> And sure enough the cursor jumps like a tab was inserted.
>
> So insert 2 or three but OOPS If I decide to back one out with
> backspace I'm backing by spaces not by tabs.
>
> Seems like if I take care to insert a real tab then it ought to act
> like a real tab when I backspace over it too.
In recent Emacs, there's a custom option "Backward Delete Char Untabify
Method" (there's a variable backward-delete-char-untabify-method too, of
course) in the "Killing" group.
--
Ben.
Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs, Bob Proulx, 2018/02/14
Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs, Bastian Beischer, 2018/02/15
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