Re: Spaces rather than tabs by a major mode hook

[goncholden]

------- Original Message -------
On Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 7:44 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:


> > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 19:40:59 +0000
> > From: goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >
> > ------- Original Message -------
> > On Saturday, June 11th, 2022 at 7:33 AM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote:
> >
> > > > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:10:15 +0000
> > > > From: goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com
> > > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > >
> > > > > > Have attached a file. When I press tab, the tab actually gets 
> > > > > > removed
> > > > > > and the code ends up in column 1. Strange things are happening with 
> > > > > > tab.
> > > > >
> > > > > In what line do you see this? And in which version of Emacs?
> > > >
> > > > I am using version 27.2
> > > >
> > > > For instance, it happens when I go to the beginning of each line in the 
> > > > Arguments Section. Pressing TAB on the first column removed the tab.
> > >
> > > Doesn't happen here with Emacs 27.2 invoked as "emacs -Q". Did you
> > > try that in "emacs -Q"?
> >
> > With "emacs -Q" I can only introduce a single tab. If a tab already exists, 
> > the cursor goes to the start of the first character.
>
>
> That's the intended and correct behavior of TAB in
> programming-language modes. What is the problem with it?

It is a problem because the authors of the code used multiple tab inserts for 
indentation as well.  This rejects the use of emacs outright.