* subr.el (default-mode-line-format, default-header-line-format)

(default-line-spacing, default-abbrev-mode, default-ctl-arrow)
(default-direction-reversed, default-truncate-lines)
(default-left-margin, default-tab-width, default-case-fold-search)
(default-left-margin-width, default-right-margin-width)
(default-left-fringe-width, default-right-fringe-width)
(default-fringes-outside-margins, default-scroll-bar-width)
(default-vertical-scroll-bar, default-indicate-empty-lines)
(default-indicate-buffer-boundaries, default-fringe-indicator-alist)
(default-fringe-cursor-alist, default-scroll-up-aggressively)
(default-scroll-down-aggressively, default-fill-column)
(default-cursor-type, default-buffer-file-type)
(default-cursor-in-non-selected-windows)
(default-buffer-file-coding-system, default-major-mode)
(default-enable-multibyte-characters): Mark as obsolete.
* cus-start.el (default-major-mode): Customize `major-mode' instead.
(enable-multibyte-characters): Not customizable any more.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/faq.texi b/doc/misc/faq.texi
index dfd1175faa1..1c10c91c763 100644
--- a/doc/misc/faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/faq.texi
@@ -2154,14 +2154,13 @@ about them.
 @section How do I change Emacs's idea of the @key{TAB} character's length?
 @cindex Tab length
 @cindex Length of tab character
-@cindex @code{default-tab-width}
 
-Set the variable @code{default-tab-width}.  For example, to set
+Set the default value of the variable @code{tab-width}.  For example, to set
 @key{TAB} stops every 10 characters, insert the following in your
 @file{.emacs} file:
 
 @lisp
-(setq default-tab-width 10)
+(setq-default tab-width 10)
 @end lisp
 
 Do not confuse variable @code{tab-width} with variable