Re: Making the tab key insert a tab

[Gregory Heytings]

> In the good old days (23.3 and before?) emacs used to insert a tab when 
> I hit the tab key.  Now it ignores it.  I have to hit ctrl-q tab.  I 
> want emacs to insert a tab when I hit the tab key.  I've searched the 
> internet and tried many apparent solutions - to no avail. I usually use 
> Parindent mode.

You can use (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command).  Or perhaps 
(global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'tab-to-tab-stop), which lets you configure 
the tab stops.