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From: agserm AT netwizards DOT net (Ansel Sermersheim)
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Subject: Re: XMODEM File: MAKE.OUT
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:00:15 GMT
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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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