Re: Variables indent-tabs-mode and tab-always-indent

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:12:54 +0200 (CEST)
> From: carlmarcos--- via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 
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> Documentation for variable `indent-tabs-mode` states "Indentation can insert 
> tabs if this is non-nil".
> 
> How do these two variables work together

When the value of tab-always-indent and the situation in which you
press the TAB key are such that Emacs decides to indent the line,
indent-tabs-mode controls whether Emacs inserts just spaces or a muix
of TABs and spaces.

> and do they conflict?

No.