X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftabs.1.html;h=18729d835596c817cb22e62a339871c375b5a195;hb=16fea43a5003e094f1f7eee30bdd0ef2f2c51dba;hp=a903610715471863dcc871a78762b36ab59c8bb5;hpb=3a935d9991cdf43ebfa952073c9b555f73a3e011;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html index a9036107..18729d83 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- tabs(1) tabs(1) --
+
tabs - set tabs on a terminal --
- tabs [-v[n]] [-ahuUV] file... +
+ 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 @@ -66,9 +63,9 @@ stty tab0 --
- General Options +
+ +
-Tname Tell tabs which terminal type to use. If this option is not given, tabs will use the $TERM environment @@ -85,35 +82,42 @@ 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 @@ -135,37 +139,53 @@ -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 + o This standard describes a +m option, to set a termi- + nal's left-margin. Very few of the entries in the + terminal database provide this capability. + + 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 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. --
+
tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20110108). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20161022). tabs(1)-