Re: Make real tabs that stay tabs

[Ben Bacarisse]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I know how to insert tabs in emacs I thought.
>
> C-q <tab>
>
> And sure enough the cursor jumps like a tab was inserted.
>
> So insert 2 or three but OOPS If I decide to back one out with
> backspace I'm backing by spaces not by tabs.
>
> Seems like if I take care to insert a real tab then it ought to act
> like a real tab when I backspace over it too.

In recent Emacs, there's a custom option "Backward Delete Char Untabify
Method" (there's a variable backward-delete-char-untabify-method too, of
course) in the "Killing" group.

-- 
Ben.