On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:53:50PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > In general, the variable "tab-width" controls the distance from one tab > stop to the next. Note that it is always buffer-local, so if you want it > to be global, you'll have to make a function that sets it and add that > function to find-file-hooks, like this: Or you can: (setq-default tab-width 4) -- bjb@achilles.net Consider registering as a bone marrow donor http://www.bloodservices.ca/english/ubmdr