[OS X Emacs] tabs ? spaces ?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.06.2009 um 09:28 schrieb Jean-Christophe Helary:

> Is there a way (like in other text editors) to set TAB as being the  
> charater entered when TAB is hit ?

Change the key binding. When you press a key in GNU Emacs you invoke  
a function. Often this function just inserts the character for which  
the key pressed stands. Some times it's different, and this is  
particularly true with TAB, RET, C-j.

You can use C-q TAB.
You can use a function which rebinds TAB and becomes part of text- 
mode-hook, i.e., this rebinding only happens when text-mode gets  
applied in some buffer.

Don't rebind TAB globally!

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