tabify.el

早期freebsd实现

;; Tab conversion commands for Emacs
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(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))))))