# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 760061791 0
# Node ID a7f72ce7bac4f88a795026d9e551e4cd8e5b2be0
# Parent  9f37f85000d8eb1f34bdcb9f9595cfa3ff7a200e
(tabify): Don't delete back before initial START.

diff -r 9f37f85000d8 -r a7f72ce7bac4 lisp/tabify.el
--- a/lisp/tabify.el	Tue Feb 01 00:00:36 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/tabify.el	Tue Feb 01 00:16:31 1994 +0000
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
       (narrow-to-region (point-min) end)
       (goto-char start)
       (while (search-forward "\t" nil t)	; faster than re-search
-	(let ((start (point))
+	(let ((tab-beg (point))
 	      (column (current-column))
 	      (indent-tabs-mode nil))
-	  (skip-chars-backward "\t")
-	  (delete-region start (point))
+	  (skip-chars-backward "\t" start)
+	  (delete-region tab-beg (point))
 	  (indent-to column))))))
 
 ;;;###autoload