#### 4.9.14 Tabs

Syntax: `Tabs [0|1]`
Abbreviation: `TAB`

sets the `Tabs` flag. When this flag is true, the `InsertTab` command will insert literal TAB characters. Otherwise it will insert enough spaces to have the same visual effect.

In normal editing, the <Tab> key invokes the command "`InsertTab` 1". Unlike most others, the <Tab> key cannot be mapped to other commands. Thus the `Tabs` flag provides the only customization `ne` offers for the <Tab> key.

The `Tabs` flag also affects the action of the <BackSpace> and <Delete> keys in one special circumstance. That is, if the normal action of these keys would remove white space, and that white space could be represented by a tab, then one tab's worth of space is removed. In all other cases, the <BackSpace> and <Delete> keys perform their normal function.

If you invoke `Tabs` with no arguments, it will toggle the flag. If you specify 0 or 1, the flag will be set to false or true, respectively. A lower case ‘`t`’ will appear on the status bar if the flag is true.