> > Well, I was looking for a small editor with an emacs-like feel, and > > the TAB key works in emacs by default, so this "If you really want [...]" > > is pure nonsense to me. Of course I want the TAB key to insert TABs! > > Well emacs TAB key is also context-sensitive is it not? jed's TAB key > works as I expect (and more or less the same as emacs) editing > makefiles, perl or C, but I agree that in plain text files it does > nothing useful by default. > > You can always get real tabs by typing: > [`][`][TAB] (i.e backquote key, backquote key, tab key) > > Another small emacs like editor is zile (very small) and the TAB key > is just <TAB> by default, with no fancy alignment so just using that > might be easier, but it is more basic than jed :-)
Yes, I tried zile a lot of time ago. It does not support UTF-8 yet, which is an essential feature for me, so I stopped using it in favour of jed. > Anyway, I take it you would prefer to see the above snippet in the > default jed config? Not exactly. I'm reporting what I think it is a misbehaviour, but I don't really mind about the way to fix it. If there was a way to fix this by modifying the code and not the default rc file, that would be fine as well. > Does that break the magic tabbing in other modes > (C, make, perl) so we have to choose? Don't know. I hope we don't have to choose. > I'd like to keep the mode-sensitive magic tabing _and_ have it put a > plain tab in in plain text mode as the defalt config. I don't > actually know how to do that. I would try forwarding this upstream as an usability problem. It's funny but TAB does not even work (by default) when I write this: jed Makefile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
