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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.
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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
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