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From: u3369429@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au (Michael Bednarek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Tab Expansion Program
Message-ID: <282@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 17 May 88 04:11:30 GMT
References: <8805160522.AA09789@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: I.A.E.S.R., Melbourne University
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In article <8805160522.AA09789@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, CADS_COLE@GALLUA.BITNET ("Kevin Cole at Gallaudet U. Washington DC") writes:
> Rick Millhollin of University of Oregon (RICKM@OREGON) writes:
> 
>> [asking for a COPY command which will expand TABs into SPaces]
> 
> [suggests to roll your own]

(I never saw the referenced article [RICKM@OREGON]. Are some articles
getting lost on their way Down Under?)

I wrote a pair of command procedures which employ TPU to convert
TABs <-> SPaces: DETAB and TAB_IT .

I published them some time ago in this group. Drop me a line if you
want it. Be warned, though, that DETABing large files may result in
infinite loops (TPU's fault, not mine).
--
Michael Bednarek, Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (IAESR)
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