Re: TAB key to insert tab character

[Blake McBride]

Will Parsons wrote:
> Blake McBride wrote:
> > Peter Dyballa wrote:
> > > Am 09.02.2008 um 00:36 schrieb Blake McBride:
> > >
> > > > What I want (in TEXT & FUNDAMENTAL modes) is for the TAB key to just 
> > > > add a TAB.
> > > C-q TAB – is this a choice?
> > Of course not.  It does work, but I'm not going to type C-q TAB every 
> > time I want a TAB any more than I'm willing to type C-q R every time I 
> > want an "R".
>
> You could do what I do - bind Ctrl-Tab to insert an ASCII <tab>:
>
>   (global-set-key [C-tab] (lambda () (interactive) (insert-char 9 1)))
>
> - Will

I don't want to globally set anything.  I like the way the TAB key works 
in C and Lisp modes.  I just want to change its behavior in TEXT and 
FUNDAMENTAL modes.

Blake McBride