Hi everyone rms says here maybe can help me find out a way to fix my problem. I have problem in emacs with TAB I want have a real tab , when I press TAB, it goes like 8 spaces distances.. I did it with this code: ------- (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command) (setq default-tab-width 8) (setq tab-width 8) (setq c-basic-indent 8) (global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char) (global-set-key [backspace] 'delete-backward-char) ------- it works both on windows & mac , the most important is I can delete a whole tab distances like 8 spaces when I press [BackSpace] key But it failed again in my Centos ,when I done complie emacs 23.2 Is there any way to fix this problem ? Cause I really dont want delete a tab by press 8 times backspace on the keyboard. If it is possible , I want change all modes of emacs to get a REAL TAB, no more space instead of TAB. Thanks