"It took me a while (about 5 annoying minutes) to find it.. Window->Preferences Java->Code Style->Formatter Hit "edit" Under "General Settings" uncheck "use tab character" Apply. If you were using the default formatter, it will ask you to save it as a new
I love Emacs, but getting my head around how it handled TABs, and how to make it do what I wanted it to do, was a major source of frustration. I spent several hours trying to figure it out, reading, searching and even grepping info pages. This summary is