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cant tab what ever i want in emacs indentation mode

in javascript and html mode emacs cant make good indentation and all i want is make it better by hand but when use tab only use self indentation and not listen what i say :D

what can i do?

now 

<html>
    <body>
      HTTP 404 ERROR !!
    </body>
</html>

what i want

<html>
    <body>
                                  HTTP 404 ERROR !!
    </body>
</html>

only example

Solution

  • Some modes offer "bouncing" indentation, where TAB will toggle the indentation level between a few alternatives. An example for javascript is js2-mode. I'm not aware of a more general solution.

    However, note that if TAB is getting intercepted by the major mode's keymap, you can still insert a literal TAB character using C-q TAB. That is probably all you need.