Make indent-tabs-mode into a regular mode instead of just a variable

* lisp/simple.el (indent-tabs-mode): Make into a minor mode (bug#6276).

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f547e2531c6..6e2d5cc9a6f 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2223,6 +2223,9 @@ This command, called interactively, toggles the local value of
 ** Miscellaneous
 
 ---
+*** 'indent-tabs-mode' is now a global minor mode instead of just a variable.
+
+---
 *** New user option 'save-place-abbreviate-file-names'.
 
 ---
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 322693f631a..6de21902210 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -6682,6 +6682,10 @@ or \"mark.*active\" at the prompt."
   ;; It's defined in C/cus-start, this stops the d-m-m macro defining it again.
   :variable (default-value 'transient-mark-mode))
 
+(define-minor-mode indent-tabs-mode
+  "Toggle whether indentation can insert TAB characters."
+  :global t :group 'indent :variable indent-tabs-mode)
+
 (defvar widen-automatically t
   "Non-nil means it is ok for commands to call `widen' when they want to.
 Some commands will do this in order to go to positions outside