Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!philmds!leo
From: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: dc Tab Character Input
Message-ID: <576@philmds.UUCP>
Date: 6 Aug 88 18:58:20 GMT
References: <16737@adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit)
Organization: Philips I&E DTS Eindhoven
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In article <16737@adm.ARPA> WILCOX@nosc-tecr.arpa writes:
>Any reason why the desk calculator program, dc, doesn't accept the
>tab character?  (EUNICE BSD Version 4.3 on VAX-11/785 VMS)  One gets
>the message "11 is unimplemented".

This message just says it. 11 is octal for 9, which is the tab char.
Obviously this key isn't bound to a function in dc, as a quick scan
of the man page confirms.
So your tab is interpreted as a command character (not as white space)
but there's no command bound to it.
Does this answer your question?

                                  Leo.

B.T.W. What does the VMS do in 'VAX-11/785 VMS' ???
Two captains on that ship?