Variable: perl-tab-always-indent

perl-tab-always-indent is a customizable variable defined in perl-mode.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil means TAB in Perl mode always indents the current line.

Otherwise it inserts a tab character if you type it past the first nonwhite character on the line.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el.gz
(defcustom perl-tab-always-indent tab-always-indent
  "Non-nil means TAB in Perl mode always indents the current line.
Otherwise it inserts a tab character if you type it past the first
nonwhite character on the line."
  :type 'boolean)