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From: z@masscomp.UUCP (Steve Zimmerman)
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Subject: Re: Changes for CCA Emacs
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Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 12:12:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  8 12:12:19 1984
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> The latest version of CCA Emacs (162.45z) which we received at MIT did
> not run properly unless stty tabs was first executed.  This requirement
> is a pain in the neck and is eliminated by adding a line in e_io.c in
> the function  uncook().

CCA EMACS already does look at the current tab setting to see whether it
should use tabs in its output; see the reference to XTABS in termcap()
in e_disp.c for how it does this.  Futhermore, I just tested it once
again and verified that CCA EMACS does not output tabs if you have set
"stty -tabs", and that it works properly for either setting of "tabs".

According to the 4.2BSD manual, in RAW mode "no output processing is
done."  Yet the posted fix clears the XTABS bit in RAW mode, which
according to the manual should not affect anything.  If there is a
problem, and if the posted fix cures it, then my guess is that this
problem occurs only over network connections, and that the network
software is doing something funny with tabs in RAW mode that it
shouldn't.  If the posted fix cures this, then it's reasonable to put it
in, as it should have no effect on sessions not conducted over the
network.

	Steve Zimmerman