Tabs in HTML mode in emacs.

Question

So I've started using emacs and I love it. However, I'm a tab person. Unless I'm working on a project that is already using spaces, I use tabs. I mostly do php and html work. I've got tabs in php working well. But I can't figure out how to have html mode use tabs instead of two spaces.

Here is what I have so far:

(setq c-default-style "python")
(setq-default c-basic-offset 4
        tab-width 4
        indent-tabs-mode t)

What can I set so that html mode will use tabs?

Edit: Using Emacs 22.3.1

Answer 1

(add-hook 'html-mode-hook
          (lambda()
            (setq sgml-basic-offset 4)
            (setq indent-tabs-mode t)))

Answer 2

actually, indent-tabs-mode should probably be t by default.

Try M-i, just for a lark. That should insert a tab character. It's not a GREAT Solution, but it might work in a pinch.

ALSO, how did you test for space vs tab? moving across it? or deleting it? you might have 'backward-delete-char-untabify' rearing it's head.