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I'd be interested in something like that because I edit a lot of mixed
programming language text and the language aware modes simply don't work
reliably enough.

So, if you know where I can find such a mode (or whether it's
just a simple setting), I'd appreciate if you could let me know
(posting is fine; if I get E-mail, I'll summarize).

Tom.

Quote:> A while ago, I thought I saw a mode that provided fixed
> autoindentation for Emacs, similar to what "vi" has.  That is, unlike
> indented text mode, where adding indentation goes to the next
> whitespace character in the previous line, in fixed auto indent mode,
> adding extra indentation always adds a fixed amount.

> I'd be interested in something like that because I edit a lot of mixed
> programming language text and the language aware modes simply don't work
> reliably enough.

> So, if you know where I can find such a mode (or whether it's
> just a simple setting), I'd appreciate if you could let me know
> (posting is fine; if I get E-mail, I'll summarize).

> Tom.

In brief, the command you search for are

`C-x <TAB>'
     Shift block of lines rigidly right or left (`indent-rigidly').

`M-i'
     Indent from point to the next prespecified tab stop column
     (`tab-to-tab-stop').
     *TAB's can be edited by edit-tab-stops*

`M-x indent-relative'
     Indent from point to under an indentation point in the previous
     line.

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