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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]] [<STRONG>-ahuUV</STRONG>] <EM>file...</EM>
+ <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> [<EM>options</EM>]] <EM>[tabstop-list]</EM>
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any debugging option, but not to modify the terminal
settings.
- The <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program processes a single list of tab stops.
- The last option to be processed which defines a list is
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
+ program, and exits.
+
+ The <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program processes a single list of tab stops.
+ The last option to be processed which defines a list is
the one that determines the list to be processed.
<STRONG>Implicit</STRONG> <STRONG>Lists</STRONG>
- Use a single number as an option, e.g., "<STRONG>-5</STRONG>" to set tabs
- at the given interval (in this case 1, 6, 11, 16, 21,
- etc.). Tabs are repeated up to the right margin of the
+ Use a single number as an option, e.g., "<STRONG>-5</STRONG>" to set tabs
+ at the given interval (in this case 1, 6, 11, 16, 21,
+ etc.). Tabs are repeated up to the right margin of the
screen.
Use "<STRONG>-0</STRONG>" to clear all tabs.
Use "<STRONG>-8</STRONG>" to set tabs to the standard interval.
<STRONG>Explicit</STRONG> <STRONG>Lists</STRONG>
- An explicit list can be defined after the options (this
- does not use a "-"). The values in the list must be in
+ An explicit list can be defined after the options (this
+ does not use a "-"). The values in the list must be in
increasing numeric order, and greater than zero. They are
separated by a comma or a blank, for example,
tabs 1,6,11,16,21
tabs 1 6 11 16 21
- Use a '+' to treat a number as an increment relative to
+ Use a '+' to treat a number as an increment relative to
the previous value, e.g.,
tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
+
which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example.
<STRONG>Predefined</STRONG> <STRONG>Tab-Stops</STRONG>
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- X/Open describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a terminal's left-
- margin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database
+ X/Open describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a terminal's left-
+ margin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database
provide this capability.
- The <STRONG>-d</STRONG> (debug) and <STRONG>-n</STRONG> (no-op) options are extensions not
+ The <STRONG>-d</STRONG> (debug) and <STRONG>-n</STRONG> (no-op) options are extensions not
provided by other implementations.
- Documentation for other implementations states that there
- is a limit on the number of tab stops. While some termi-
+ Documentation for other implementations states that there
+ is a limit on the number of tab stops. While some termi-
nals may not accept an arbitrary number of tab stops, this
- implementation will attempt to set tab stops up to the
- right margin of the screen, if the given list happens to
+ implementation will attempt to set tab stops up to the
+ right margin of the screen, if the given list happens to
be that long.
<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="tset.1.html">tset(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.8 (patch 20110226).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20140809).
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