I have the TAB key doing exactly what I want when editing C or Lisp
programs but I can't get it to do what I want in TEXT or FUNDAMENTAL
modes. I did try to get rid of my .gnu-emacs-custom file
temporarily to
verify that none of my other customizations were causing the problem.
What is happening is that when I hit the TAB key it inserts a
number of
spaces to line the cursor up with the second word of the previous
sentence. What I want (in TEXT & FUNDAMENTAL modes) is for
the TAB key
to just add a TAB. Not an equivalent number of spaces for a
TAB or to
line it up with the previous line's second word - just add a
single TAB
character.
See option `indent-tabs-mode'.