How to fix the TAB key in Emacs

If you want the TAB key to behave like in most text editors then put this into your Emacs config file: (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'self-insert-command)

To highlight your buffer press C-x h To neatly align and indent everything highlighted press C-M-
To fire just one normal TAB press C-q TAB If you want normal TAB without configuring Emacs then press M-i If you want to align the current block press C-M-u to jump to the start of your function and then alight its contents with C-M-q

C = CTRL M = Alt (Meta)

More info here: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Indentation.html

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