[NCLUG] Looking at programming languages...

Chad Perrin perrin at apotheon.com
Fri Jan 18 23:47:00 MST 2008


On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 08:32:09PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> 
> Use the Control-V prefix to quote the next character verbatim.  The
> mnemonic is 'V' for Verbatim.
> 
>   C-v TAB

I'm aware of <Ctrl><v>+<Tab> -- but what I'm hoping for is a method for
using tabs without having spaces automatically turned into tabs that
doesn't involve turning one keystroke into three keystrokes.

What is this -- emacs?


> 
> In Emacs the same is accomplished with the Control-Q prefix to quote
> the next character.  The mnemonic is 'Q' for Quote.
> 
>   C-q TAB

Oh.  I guess so.

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