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Re: TAB character


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: TAB character
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 07:49:17 +0200 (IST)

On 20 Nov 2002, Stirling Olson wrote:

> How can I make the TAB key just enter a TAB character and never have
> that TAB character turn into spaces?

C-q TAB will insert a literal TAB.

> While editing .java files and other files hitting the TAB key seems to
> follow some indenting conventions that I don't understand and don't
> prefer.

You may wish to read the CC Mode manual (comes with Emacs) which has a 
section about interactive customization of the indentation style.




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