Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/03/29/21:44:30
tsaotsao AT e2 DOT empirenet DOT com (Joseph I. Valenzuela ) wrote:
>Orlando A. Andico (orly AT psylocke DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph) wrote:
>: Simple solution: use DOS EDIT to edit your Makefile, it handles tabs
>: correctly (and dumbly). Or set up your editor to insert tab characters.
>: Since I rarely modify Makefiles, I use DOS EDIT.
>DOS EDIT muchned my makefiles, actually. Luckily, there's a
>version of emacs for MSDOS which is not only ideal for
>writing C in, it also properly handles the tabs in makefiles.
There is a workaround if you want to use EDIT for your makefiles:
To insert a tab, press ^P, [TAB] This will insert a circle into your
document that's a tab in disguise. The next time you open your
document, it'll look like it turned int spaces, but still a tab.
Hope this helps someone <g>
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