Variable: backward-delete-char-untabify-method

backward-delete-char-untabify-method is a customizable variable defined in simple.el.gz.

Value

untabify

Documentation

The method for untabifying when deleting backward.

Can be untabify -- turn a tab to many spaces, then delete one space;
       hungry -- delete all whitespace, both tabs and spaces;
       all -- delete all whitespace, including tabs, spaces and newlines;
       nil -- just delete one character.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 20.3.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/simple.el.gz
(defcustom backward-delete-char-untabify-method 'untabify
  "The method for untabifying when deleting backward.
Can be `untabify' -- turn a tab to many spaces, then delete one space;
       `hungry' -- delete all whitespace, both tabs and spaces;
       `all' -- delete all whitespace, including tabs, spaces and newlines;
       nil -- just delete one character."
  :type '(choice (const untabify) (const hungry) (const all) (const nil))
  :version "20.3"
  :group 'killing)