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On 19/6/2017 7:24 PM, AnthonyL wrote:
>>
>> It's called a keyboard macro, well-known in the world computer gaming
>> keyboards and mouses. :)
> 
> I seem to recall it being a standard option in the editor our
> programmers used, something like "Fill tabs with spaces y/N"

The old way.

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