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From: shull@SCROLLS.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU (Christopher E. Shull)
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Subject: Re:  Tab Characters
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Date: 10 Jun 88 12:24:16 GMT
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Kudos to Jim Cooper )coop@meto.umd.edu) for Message-Id:
<8806091351.AA00104@meto.UMD.EDU> identifying a much better (albeit 
kludgy) way to get actual tab characters from the keyboard:

>                   ...  As he suspected, you have to redefine a key.
>Here's the definition:
>
>es '`';al;s/`/@t/;ar
>
>It's kludgy at best.  You insert a ` and then replace the `
>with an @t.  It's a tricky problem than it seems at first.  
>Maybe someone else has discovered something more elegant.
>
>Jim Cooper

Don't forget to double/nest the @-sign quotations in the KD command:

      kd ^F4 es '`';al;s/`/@@@t/;ar; ke

If you don't do this, the command just inserts 't'.

-Chris

Christopher E. Shull
Decision Sciences Department
The Wharton School                      shull@wharton.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania              shull@scrolls.wharton.upenn.edu
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6366            215/898-5930
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