Set 4 Space Indent in Emacs in Text Mode

Question

I\'ve been unsuccessful in getting Emacs to switch from 8 space tabs to 4 space tabs when pressing the TAB in buffers with the major mode text-mode.

Answer 1

You may find it easier to set up your tabs as follows:

M-x customize-group

At the Customize group: prompt enter indent.

You'll see a screen where you can set all you indenting options and set them for the current session or save them for all future sessions.

If you do it this way you'll want to set up a customisations file.