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From: stores@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need Help! Tabs 'n TextEdit
Message-ID: <6288@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 30 Nov 89 17:59:27 GMT
References: <1989Nov30.044549.24362@ug.cs.dal.ca>
Reply-To: stores@unix.UUCP (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <1989Nov30.044549.24362@ug.cs.dal.ca> johnston@ug.cs.dal.ca (Bruce Johnston) writes:
>Hi there Mac gurus ...... I have yet another question about using TextEdit
>
>I realize that Inside Mac explicitly states that TextEdit does not support the
>use of tabs. (at least IM I does) Anyway I would really like implement some
>sort of tab system. It wouldn't have to be very complicated.... a fixed length
>tab would be fine. 
>

>Bruce Johnston       
>Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAnada.

In "The Complete MacTutor, Vol.2" page 299 is an article called
"extending Textedit to handle tabs" by Bradley W. Nedrud.

You might want to look at that to see what you might be getting yourself into.


Good luck







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Matthew Mora
SRI International                       stores@unix.sri.com
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