title: Setting tab size in Emacs
body: <p>I'm using Emacs as an editor.  I want to set the tab size to four spaces.  In my <strong>.emacs</strong> file I have the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(setq default-tab-width 4)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(set-default tab-width 4)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Either way, when I open emacs and try to tab, it inserts two spaces.  Am I doing something wrong?  It almost seems like its not seeing my <strong>.emacs</strong> file.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions would be great!  Thanks!</p>