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From: glee@cognos.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Text file tab utility
Message-ID: <478@cognos.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 11:17:38 EST
Article-I.D.: cognos.478
Posted: Fri Mar 27 11:17:38 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Mar-87 04:35:39 EST
References: <8703240644.AA00426@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: glee@cognos.UUCP (Godfrey Lee)
Organization: Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, Canada
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I think all editors should support settable tabs. The tabs should be stored
as tabs in the file. I hate editors that changes what I type in, because I
always end up in the situation of not being able to produce a file of
exactly what I want. Vi does not commit that sin, aside from NULs, you
can get anything into the file.

If your printer doesn't support settable tabs, your print program should.
If your print program doesn't, use "detab" or "expand" (they are also trivial
to write).
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