This was the tutorial shed a lot of light on the issue: http://student.northpark.edu/pemente/emacs_tabs.htm http://student.northpark.edu/pemente/emacs_tabs.htm

This was the tutorial shed a lot of light on the issue: http://student.northpark.edu/pemente/emacs_tabs.htm http://student.northpark.edu/pemente/emacs_tabs.htm You get to configure at least three things: how many things emacs enters when you press "tab", what those things are, and if you see a tab in a file how wide it should be.