Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!RADC-MULTICS.ARPA!Walker From: Walker@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA ("Robert K. Walker 'Bob'") Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Formatting Query Message-ID: <860911105756.257559@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 06:57:00 EDT Article-I.D.: RADC-MUL.860911105756.257559 Posted: Thu Sep 11 06:57:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 21:26:43 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 18 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa Date: 9 September 1986 20:22 edt From: Mike Muuss Subject: Re: Formatting Query I though there was general agreement that tab stops were every 8 characters? I don't know if this is official NETASCII, but since TOPS-20, UNIX, and VMS all do it this way, most systems go along. -Mike Tab stops every 8 characters may be the convention for DEC equipment, which was what was mentioned. However, the Multics convention is every 10 characters. I have FTP'ed files from DEC machines with the tab codes present, only to get a very ragged looking format when it is interpretted by Multics. This is a nuisance. -Bob Walker-