Re: untabify works no more

GB> Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] writes: GB> yes The reason is with the interaction between byte-code and C. tabify.el has: (defun untabify (start end) "Convert all tabs in region to multiple spaces, preserving columns. Called non-interactively, the region is specified by arguments START and END, rather than by the position of point and mark. The variable `tab-width' controls the spacing of tab stops." (interactive "r") (save-excursion (save-restriction (narrow-to-region (point-min) end) (goto-char start) (let ((percent 5)) (while (search-forward "\t" nil t) ; faster than re-search (let ((tab-beg (point)) (column (current-column)) (indent-tabs-mode nil)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But `indent-tabs-mode''s C pendant from indent.c: DEFVAR_BOOL ("indent-tabs-mode", &indent_tabs_mode /* *Indentation can insert tabs if this is non-nil. Setting this variable automatically makes it local to the current buffer. */ ); indent_tabs_mode = 1; appears unruffled during the execution of `indent-to'. I read through the huge fuckup of code off specpdl and gave up at some point. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla