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Re: Inserting a number of spaces until a specific column


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Inserting a number of spaces until a specific column
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:40:00 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>   Pretty much what the subject line says.  Is there a way, from a given
> cursor position, to have spaces inserted automatically until a specific
> column is reached ?  And to have this executing at the press of a key ?

`indent-to' would seem to be the function you're looking for.
As for a command that does that, you could use tab-to-tab-stop and set
tab-stop-list list accordingly.


        Stefan




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