Use the tab-key tag for questions relating to the TAB key on your keyboard (i.e., the physical key). Don't use the tab tag for this: that tag refers to the tab character (i.e., "\t") in a file.
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What's wrong with my tab key?
I very recently started having an issue with my tab key while editing latex files.
Normally, the tab key will indent according to whatever mode I'm editing in. Now, when I hit the tab key the minibuffer prints TAB and nothing happens in the main…

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can TAB behave like M-i?
I'm fairly new to aquamacs/emacs and while editing I noticed that it indents however it wants.
In order to indent the way I want I end up using M-i, but that is pretty cumbersome.
So, how do I make the TAB key behave like M-i (that is, inserting 4…

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Translate TAB with C-q TAB
I'm an amateur in Emacs and I would like to change TAB with C-q TAB. I used the code:
(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "TAB") (kbd"C-q TAB"))
But by doing so, I need to press TAB twice in order to get a indent and under the screen it shows C-q…
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