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Old 04-15-2004, 10:00 PM   #1
BrianK
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emacs - convert auto indent tabs to spaces?


Is there a way I can make emacs only use spaces instead of tabs and spaces when it indents?

The reason I ask is that my code looks fine in emacs, but it doesn't look so good in other editors because the tab size is different. Is there a way to avoid tabs all together so I don't have this problem?
 
Old 04-15-2004, 10:14 PM   #2
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As an immediate measure you could use
M-x untabify

Put
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
in your .emacs for permanent results :)


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