GNU bug report logs - #55878
Complications of tabs and spaces

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From: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Complications of tabs and spaces
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:24:05 +0000

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Have set (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil). This works well when using the RETURN key. But I have also noticed that the TAB key stops inputting tabs.

Perhaps the TAB key is bound to some indentation command.

Could use of tabs and spaces be made simpler so that one can use both spaces and tabs.

Meaning that although indentation is done with spaces, pressing the TAB key still introduces a real tab?

Regards
Cholden

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55878: Complications of tabs and spaces
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:44:26 +0200

goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> Meaning that although indentation is done with spaces, pressing the TAB key still
> introduces a real tab?

If you want the TAB key to insert a TAB character, then rebind that key
to do that.

There doesn't seem to be anything to be done on the Emacs side here, so
I'm closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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From: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 55878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55878: Complications of tabs and spaces
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:17:02 +0000

------- Original Message -------
On Friday, June 10th, 2022 at 9:44 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:


> goncholden goncholden <at> protonmail.com writes:
>
> > Meaning that although indentation is done with spaces, pressing the TAB key still
> > introduces a real tab?
>
>
> If you want the TAB key to insert a TAB character, then rebind that key
> to do that.

I would need information how to do that.

> There doesn't seem to be anything to be done on the Emacs side here, so
> I'm closing this bug report.
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
>

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#55878: Complications of tabs and spaces
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:39:25 +0300

* goncholden via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> [2022-06-10 21:19]:
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Friday, June 10th, 2022 at 9:44 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > goncholden goncholden <at> protonmail.com writes:
> >
> > > Meaning that although indentation is done with spaces, pressing the TAB key still
> > > introduces a real tab?
> >
> >
> > If you want the TAB key to insert a TAB character, then rebind that key
> > to do that.
> 
> I would need information how to do that.

Solution
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You may invoke TAB by doing:

{C-q TAB}

Next solution
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You could locally and temporarily bind key to TAB:

{M-x local-set-key RET TAB self-insert-command RET}

Then your TAB would give TAB character: 		OK?

Next solution
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Globally:

(global-set-key (kbd "TAB") #'self-insert-command)


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