Override "emulated tabs" when editing Makefiles?

[Eddy De Greef]

Offer Kaye wrote:
> Hi,
> I don't like using tabs in my source files so I've set the NEdit
> defaults to use emulated tabs. However, when editing a Makefile I
> *have* to use a tab character as the first character of a command
> line.
> 
> Is there a way to automatically override the "use emulated tabs"
> option when in Makefile language-mode? I saw in the language-mode
> window that there is a way to change the number of spaces per emulated
> tab, but not the actual emulated tab setting. But I was hoping this
> could be set someplace else...?

There's no such setting, I'm afraid, but there is a workaround using a 
macro (see Default Settings->Customize Menus->Macro Menu):

   - Define a macro called Tab at Makefile with the following command:

        insert_string("\t")

     and assign an arbitrary accelerator key to it (you can't chose
     Tab here yet).

   - Save your default preferences.

   - Open your preferences file (~/.neditrc or ~/.nedit/nedit.rc) and
     look for the definition of the macro that you just created.

   - Replace the accelerator that you picked by 'Tab' and save the file.

   - Restart NEdit.

   - If all works well, the Tab key should now always insert a Tab
     character in the Makefile language mode, irrespective of the tab
     emulation preferences.

Hope it works,

Eddy