X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftabs.1.html;h=466f6c3c3530563cd9953f3e6cec44ec4547b7fb;hp=b1629bd7bc25ee37848829e4b18c3af88b7b4a9c;hb=ed646e3f683083e787c6ba773364401dc9fa9d40;hpb=32f9f5f12cd9159261f9db228461049e8c770404;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html index b1629bd7..466f6c3c 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -40,92 +40,85 @@
-tabs(1) tabs(1) +tabs(1) tabs(1) --
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tabs - set tabs on a terminal --
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tabs [options]] [tabstop-list] --
- The tabs program clears and sets tab-stops on the termi- - nal. This uses the terminfo clear_all_tabs and set_tab - capabilities. If either is absent, tabs is unable to - clear/set tab-stops. The terminal should be configured to - use hard tabs, e.g., +
+ The tabs program clears and sets tab-stops on the terminal. This uses + the terminfo clear_all_tabs and set_tab capabilities. If either is + absent, tabs is unable to clear/set tab-stops. The terminal should be + configured to use hard tabs, e.g., - stty tab0 + stty tab0 + Like clear(1), tabs writes to the standard output. You can redirect + the standard output to a file (which prevents tabs from actually chang- + ing the tabstops), and later cat the file to the screen, setting tab- + stops at that point. --
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-Tname - Tell tabs which terminal type to use. If this option - is not given, tabs will use the $TERM environment - variable. If that is not set, it will use the - ansi+tabs entry. + Tell tabs which terminal type to use. If this option is not + given, tabs will use the $TERM environment variable. If that is + not set, it will use the ansi+tabs entry. - -d The debugging option shows a ruler line, followed by - two data lines. The first data line shows the - expected tab-stops marked with asterisks. The second - data line shows the actual tab-stops, marked with - asterisks. + -d The debugging option shows a ruler line, followed by two data + lines. The first data line shows the expected tab-stops marked + with asterisks. The second data line shows the actual tab-stops, + marked with asterisks. - -n This option tells tabs to check the options and run - any debugging option, but not to modify the terminal - settings. + -n This option tells tabs to check the options and run any debugging + option, but not to modify the terminal settings. - -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this - program, and exits. + -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. + 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. --
- 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 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. Use "-8" to set tabs to the standard interval. --
- 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, +
+ 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 exam- + ple, + + tabs 1,6,11,16,21 + tabs 1 6 11 16 21 - tabs 1,6,11,16,21 - tabs 1 6 11 16 21 - Use a '+' to treat a number as an increment relative to - the previous value, e.g., + Use a "+" to treat a number as an increment relative to the previous + value, e.g., - tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5 + tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5 which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example. --
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X/Open defines several predefined lists of tab stops. -a Assembler, IBM S/370, first format @@ -147,32 +140,35 @@ -u UNIVAC 1100 Assembler --
- 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. +
+ IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 + (POSIX.1-2008) describes a tabs utility. However - The -d (debug) and -n (no-op) options are extensions not - provided by other implementations. + o This standard describes a +m option, to set a terminal's left-mar- + gin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this + capability. - 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 - be that long. + o There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility, + unlike tput(1). + 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 terminals may not accept an arbi- + trary 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 be that long. + + +
tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150718). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170506). - tabs(1) + tabs(1)