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to: Paul Edwards
from: Paul Markham
date: 1993-07-05 21:34:52
subject: emacs

PE> that will make shift-tab do a single non-destructive backspace.  I made

 PE> some code changes which make it do as many non-destructive backspaces as

 PE> is set by softtab, but I'd rather it was done with a macro if it comes to

 PE> that!  I thought you could repeat a command by going Esc 4 and then the

 PE> command (to do it 4 times).  Well you can, but I don't know how to put

 PE> that into the bind-to-key command.  What if you wanted shift-tab to do 2

 PE> newlines followed by a backward-character?  I imagine you would use a

 PE> macro, so I think that's what is called for here.  On the other hand, I

 PE> think the program could do with a back-tab function, so maybe I'll do it

 PE> properly and send the code to Daniel. I still haven't figured out how to

 PE> make the auto-indent feature not put in hard tabs (I want spaces). BFN.



Paul,



thanks for the macros. I much prefer that the auto-indent put in spaces
instead of tabs.



You're really keen to convert me aren't you :-) Maybe it's time I started
to read the manual (although I don't like to rush these things :-))



Paul



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