Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcarl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcarl!rusty From: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (rusty c. wright) Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Tabbing in C Mode (Gnu Emacs) Message-ID: <220@sdcarl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 18:54:36 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcarl.220 Posted: Wed Jul 10 18:54:36 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 10:29:23 EDT References: <280@mit-athena.UUCP> <4628@mit-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (Rusty Wright) Organization: Computer Audio Research Lab, UCSD, San Diego, Calif. Lines: 12 In article <4628@mit-eddie.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes: >What's wrong with C-q TAB (besides flow control problems, which I know >are not a problem at Athena)? C-q is quoted-insert, which inserts the >character typed, rather than executing it. This is true in almost all >the versions of Emacs I have used, and I just verified it in GNU Emacs. That's STUPID! Why in the world should anybody have to type ctl-q in front of a tab everywhere else when they don't have to when they're at the beginning of a line. It's a COMPLETELY MORONIC concept. -- rusty c. wright {ucbvax,ihnp4,akgua,hplabs,sdcsvax}!sdcarl!rusty