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Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs |
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Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:53:38 GMT |
In article <mailman.1201.1043948624.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
the_tick@brok3n.org <the_tick@brok3n.org> wrote:
>Type
> C-h c TAB
>
>and tell us what you get. It might be that the TAB key is mapped
>to a function other than a primitive tab.
>
>
>
>
>Heh, I'm not quite sure how to do C-h c TAB, I only know how to save and
You type Control-h followed by c followed by TAB. This will display what
character the TAB key sends, and what command is executed as a result.
>close emacs. But I did figure out what Kai was talking about earlier. When
>I edit a .cpp, .dll, or any file without an extension, tab works fine. When
>it's a .c or .m file, no tab key functionality. How would I go about
>changing it so that tab would work in all files?
In most of the modes for editing programming language files, TAB is
assigned to a function to indent the current line correctly. If it doesn't
seem to be doing anything, it's because the line is already indented
correctly.
If you want to insert a literal TAB character in the file, type C-q TAB
(that's Control-q followed by the TAB key).
>Heh, it's my laptop, so the only other person using it would be my wife..
>and she likes vi :)
If there's only one Emacs user, why would you need your .emacs file to be
global?
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@genuity.net
Genuity, Woburn, MA
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- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, kgold, 2003/01/30
- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, address@hidden, 2003/01/30
- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs,
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- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, address@hidden, 2003/01/30
- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, Kai Großjohann, 2003/01/30
- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, address@hidden, 2003/01/30
- Re: Tab doesn't work in emacs, Kai Großjohann, 2003/01/31