From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: AdaGIDE 7.42 and tabs
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:13:58 -0500
Date: 2006-12-12T13:13:58-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wccpsap56e1.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: uodqawots.fsf@stephe-leake.org
Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:
> On some old mechanical typewriters, you could set mechanical tab stops
> where ever you wanted, to make typing tables etc easiser. Early
> printers also had configurable tab stops (not mechanical).
Right, but the tab key did not insert 'tab' characters (no such thing)! ;-)
> Good editors also have configurable tab stops.
>
> But the only portable way to use tab stops is to insert spaces, not HT.
Exactly.
- Bob
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-10 14:26 AdaGIDE 7.42 and tabs Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-10 14:34 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-12-10 15:15 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-11 4:53 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-12-11 8:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-11 10:07 ` gautier_niouzes
2006-12-11 14:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-11 13:21 ` Stephen Leake
2006-12-11 14:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-11 20:36 ` Simon Wright
2006-12-13 0:35 ` Stephen Leake
2006-12-14 21:07 ` Simon Wright
2006-12-11 20:55 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2006-12-12 18:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-12-13 0:36 ` Stephen Leake
2006-12-12 18:13 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
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