Main goal of this page is to give some tips about the powerfull Emacs all-in-one software.
| program | version |
|---|---|
| emacs | 21.3.1 |
Emacs uses both tabulations and spaces to indent lines. The question is how to choose to indent only with tabulations or only with spaces. For an Emacs session, to indent with spaces only, and never with tabulations, enter the following command:
M-x set-variable<RET> indent-tabs-mode<RET> nil
To force permanently Emacs to indent only with spaces add the following line in your .emacs file.
~/.emacs
... (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil); # indent only with spaces (not with TABs) ...
For more precise information follow the links:
| link | comment |
|---|---|
| GNU Emacs | the GNU Emacs web site |
| GNU Emacs Manuals | several online manuals about Emacs and its extensions |
| GNU Emacs Manual | the Delorie software Emacs page |