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-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>tabs</STRONG> - set tabs on a terminal
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> [<STRONG>-v</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]] [<STRONG>-ahuUV</STRONG>] <EM>file...</EM>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> [<EM>options</EM>]] <EM>[tabstop-list]</EM>
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program clears and sets tab-stops on the termi-
nal. This uses the terminfo <EM>clear</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>all</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>tabs</EM> and <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>tab</EM>
capabilities. If either is absent, <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> is unable to
stty tab0
-</PRE>
-<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>General</STRONG> <STRONG>Options</STRONG>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-General-Options">General Options</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>name</EM>
Tell <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> which terminal type to use. If this option
is not given, <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> will use the <STRONG>$TERM</STRONG> environment
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
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Implicit-Lists">Implicit Lists</a></H3><PRE>
+ 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.
- <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
+ Use "<STRONG>-0</STRONG>" to clear all tabs.
+
+ Use "<STRONG>-8</STRONG>" to set tabs to the standard interval.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Explicit-Lists">Explicit Lists</a></H3><PRE>
+ 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>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Predefined-Tab-Stops">Predefined Tab-Stops</a></H3><PRE>
X/Open defines several predefined lists of tab stops.
<STRONG>-a</STRONG> Assembler, IBM S/370, first format
<STRONG>-u</STRONG> UNIVAC 1100 Assembler
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- X/Open describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a terminal's left-
- margin. None of the entries in the terminal database pro-
- vide this capability.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue
+ 7 (POSIX.1-2008) describes a <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> utility. However
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> This standard describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a termi-
+ nal'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
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for
+ this utility, unlike <STRONG><A HREF="tput.3x.html">tput(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+
+ 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.
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></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 5.7 (patch 20100109).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160521).
<STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
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