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author | Joseph Arceneaux <jla@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 31 Oct 1989 16:00:07 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/lisp/tabify.el Tue Oct 31 16:00:07 1989 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +;; Tab conversion commands for Emacs +;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +;; This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) +;; any later version. + +;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;; GNU General Public License for more details. + +;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to +;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + + +(defun untabify (start end) + "Convert all tabs in region to multiple spaces, preserving columns. +The variable tab-width controls the action." + (interactive "r") + (save-excursion + (save-restriction + (narrow-to-region start end) + (goto-char start) + (while (search-forward "\t" nil t) ; faster than re-search + (let ((start (point)) + (column (current-column)) + (indent-tabs-mode nil)) + (skip-chars-backward "\t") + (delete-region start (point)) + (indent-to column)))))) + +(defun tabify (start end) + "Convert multiple spaces in region to tabs when possible. +A group of spaces is partially replaced by tabs +when this can be done without changing the column they end at. +The variable tab-width controls the action." + (interactive "r") + (save-excursion + (save-restriction + (narrow-to-region start end) + (goto-char start) + (while (re-search-forward "[ \t][ \t][ \t]*" nil t) + (let ((column (current-column)) + (indent-tabs-mode t)) + (delete-region (match-beginning 0) (point)) + (indent-to column))))))