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Re: Spaces rather than tabs in C-mode

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From: Mark Leisher
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 05:38
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In article <1991Jun12.091208@igc.ethz.ch> torda@igc.ethz.ch (Andrew
Torda ) writes:

 > I prefer spaces to tabs in my C source.
 > On a per-buffer basis, I can do it through edit-options, but how do I
 > do it forever in every buffer ?

 > I tried
 >    (setq indent-tabs-mode nil)
 > and
 >    (setq c-mode-hook (setq indent-tabs-mode nil))
 > but I keep getting tabs.

Try putting (setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil) in your .emacs file.
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