Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 02:46:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jeff Blaufuss <Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs indent Message-ID: <20001026024629.C10377@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <39F64FC0.731A6C09@ndsu.nodak.edu>; from Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 10:13:05PM -0500 References: <39F64FC0.731A6C09@ndsu.nodak.edu>
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 10:13:05PM -0500, Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > How do I configure Emacs to indent 4 spaces instead of 8 when I press > TAB? I have tried changing the tabs stops to every 4 spaces, but emacs > doesn't seem to accept the change, it still tabs 8 spaces. Change the value of the `tab-width' variable. For instance, you could put in your ~/.emacs file: (setq tab-width 4) or if you want this only for text modes: (add-hook 'text-mode-hook '(lambda () (setq tab-width 4))) -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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