X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftabs.1.html;h=030d59d98adce936abf722df34e62bbccc2c25ad;hp=a4e6c573abf1c025c6a6458293415489a280cf30;hb=2e5d72d6396bb38a8d1d1b3534f62e28aebaa600;hpb=f367fa254ce3fe29710c86971f04e03111c2bd2c;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html index a4e6c573..030d59d9 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - +
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@- tabs [-v[n]] [-ahuUV] file... + tabs [options]] [tabstop-list]@@ -85,14 +85,17 @@ any debugging option, but not to modify the terminal settings. - The tabs program processes a single list of tab stops. - The last option to be processed which defines a list is + -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this + program, and exits. + + The tabs 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. Implicit Lists - Use a single number as an option, e.g., "-5" 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., "-5" 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 "-0" to clear all tabs. @@ -100,17 +103,18 @@ Use "-8" to set tabs to the standard interval. Explicit Lists - 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. Predefined Tab-Stops @@ -137,18 +141,18 @@
- X/Open describes a +m option, to set a terminal's left- - margin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database + X/Open describes a +m option, to set a terminal's left- + margin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this capability. - The -d (debug) and -n (no-op) options are extensions not + The -d (debug) and -n (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. @@ -156,7 +160,7 @@SEE ALSO
tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20120107). + This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20131221).