Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!eecae!cps3xx!cps3xx.egr.msu.edu!ben From: ben@nsf1.mth.msu.edu (Ben Lotto) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU emacs beginner question. Message-ID: Date: 27 Oct 89 14:03:53 GMT References: <1989Oct25.162536.4854@cec1.wustl.edu> <8970003@hpfcso.HP.COM> Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: ben@nsf1.mth.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 21 In-reply-to: jka@hpfcso.HP.COM's message of 26 Oct 89 18:35:45 GMT >>>>> On 26 Oct 89 18:35:45 GMT, jka@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jay Adams) said: Jay> 1) Is there a way to force EMACS not to make backups? (eg. Jay> file~) Set the value of the variable make-backup-files to nil, either by using M-x set-variable or by evaluating (setq make-backup-files nil), say by putting it in you .emacs file. Jay> 2) Is there a way to set the number of spaces for a tab? You can set the number of spaces for a tab locally or globally. Locally, you can set the value of the variable tab-width. Globally, you can change the value of default-tab-width. For example, putting (setq default-tab-width 4) in your .emacs file with change all tabs to width 4. -- -B. A. Lotto (ben@nsf1.mth.msu.edu) Department of Mathematics/Michigan State University/East Lansing, MI 48824