Re: message-tab is broken

[ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>]

Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
>
>> Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
>>
>>> 	The function has been (gratuitously ?) changed to call
>>> `indent-line-function ' instead of `tab-to-tab-stop'. As a
>>> consequence, hitting tab in the message body doesn't insert the
>>> expected tabulation because what's really done is
>>> `indent-to-left-margin'.
>>> 
>>> Why has this change been made ? Are there any objections if I change
>>> it back ?
>>
>> Why not change indent-line-function to indent-relative-maybe, for
>> example?  Or to tab-to-tab-stop, if you like.
>
> 	The problem with the `relative' family is that if the previous non
> blank line is not indented, you wouldn't get the tab. Maybe
> `indent-for-tab-command' would be the best choice ?

I've bind it to indent-relative, to which TAB is bound in text mode.

ShengHuo