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.TH @TABS@ 1 ""
.ds n 5
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The last option to be processed which defines a list is the one that
determines the list to be processed.
.SS Implicit Lists
-Use a single number as an option, e.g., \*(``\fB\-5\fP\*('' 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 a single number as an option,
+e.g., \*(``\fB\-5\fP\*('' 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.
.PP
Use \*(``\fB\-0\fP\*('' to clear all tabs.
.PP
tabs 1 6 11 16 21
.NE
.PP
-Use a \*(``+\*('' to treat a number as an increment relative to the previous value,
+Use a \*(``+\*('' to treat a number
+as an increment relative to the previous value,
e.g.,
.NS
tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5
UNIVAC 1100 Assembler
.SH PORTABILITY
.PP
-IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 (POSIX.1-2008) describes
-a \fBtabs\fP utility. However
+\fIIEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7\fP (POSIX.1-2008)
+describes a \fBtabs\fP utility.
+However
.bP
This standard describes a \fB+m\fP option, to set a terminal's left-margin.
Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this capability.