How can I disable smart indentation in emacs (and force either spaces or tabs)?

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I want to make emacs insert either 4 spaces or a tab when I press the tab key. Nothing else. I don't want smart indentation, I don't want it to auto-align itself or try to do anything smart. I just want it to output 4 spaces (or a tab). =

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Try this. Find your .emacs and add this: this make your emacs inserts 2 spaces, you can change the number and put 4, if you want spaces NO tabs

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