From: rearman <rearman@r717.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:17:23 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Make tab really be tab, no question about it
X-Git-Url: https://git.earman.xyz/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=33b1b1145596fe8cde03ab7549b0475232849cff;p=emacsinit.git

Make tab really be tab, no question about it

Tab key now inserts a hard "\t" character, meaning that tab-expansion stuff is
covered by 'C-i'.  Fine by me.
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diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 79dd146..96f64a1 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 
 ;; Tabs
 (setq-default indent-tabs-mode 'only
-	      tab-width 8)
+	      tab-width 8
+	      backward-delete-char-untabify-method nil)
 
 (advice-add 'indent-to :around
 	    (lambda (orig-fun column &rest args)
diff --git a/re/re-bindings.el b/re/re-bindings.el
index ed282b7..263a58d 100644
--- a/re/re-bindings.el
+++ b/re/re-bindings.el
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 (keymap-global-set "C-x c" #'delete-frame) ; delete a frame without asking about saving files
 
 ;; Editing Bindings
+(keymap-global-set "<tab>" (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\t")))
 (keymap-global-set "<insert>" nil) ; I keep toggliŋ overwrite-mode haply
 (keymap-global-set "C-\\" #'undo-redo) ; issues with C-? sometimes
 (keymap-global-set "C-S-K" #'kill-whole-line)