+
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
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@
-OPTIONS
- General Options
+
+
+
+
-Tname
Tell tabs which terminal type to use. If this option
is not given, tabs will use the $TERM environment
@@ -85,35 +87,45 @@
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.
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
+
+
+
X/Open defines several predefined lists of tab stops.
-a Assembler, IBM S/370, first format
@@ -136,36 +148,48 @@
-PORTABILITY
- 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.
-SEE ALSO
+
tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5).
- This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20101002).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150718).
tabs(1)
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