Why might my Emacs use spaces instead of tabs?

Question

I am trying to diagnose this problem. TAB creates 4 spaces instead of a 4 col TAB like I want. But I don\'t think it should because C-h v indent-tabs-mode on th

Answer 1

Be sure to take a look at the first line of the file as well. If you see something like // -- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -- This line will override any global or mode settings.