GNU bug report logs - #20904
If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>, searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:50:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Fran Litterio <flitterio <at> gmail.com>
To: 20904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20904: If global-set-key is used to rebind <tab>, searching for a TAB character inserts a TAB
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 17:00:34 +0000 (UTC)

I <flitterio <at> gmail.com> wrote:

>   2. Evaluate this form:
> 
>      (global-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'tab-to-tab-stop)

I have found that changing the above form to:

  (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop)

avoids the problem (i.e., it allows the global binding of TAB to be
changed to tab-to-tab-stop and allows searching for a TAB character).
--
Fran
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