Re: problems with tabs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 15:29:46 +0300
> From: "Ehud Karni" <ehud@unix.simonwiesel.co.il>
> 
> 1. Your answer is partial one because
>    `indent-tabs-mode' is a buffer-local variable.

I did that on purpose.  IMHO, doing this globally is too evil.

> 2. [Documentation issue] I checked the documentation of all "indent"
>    functions and variables, and the variable `indent-tabs-mode' is
>    mentioned only in the function `c-indent-command' and the variable
>    `c-tab-always-indent' (Emacs 20.7). At least it should be mentioned
>    in `newline-and-indent'.

I will mention it near newline-and-indent, but note that there's a
special section for this issue (the one you cited in your message),
and several cross-references lead there.  `i tab RET' will also land
you there after a few `,'s.