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.TH @TABS@ 1 ""
.ds n 5
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
.SH NAME
\fB@TABS@\fR \- set tabs on a terminal
.SH SYNOPSIS
UNIVAC 1100 Assembler
.SH PORTABILITY
.PP
-X/Open describes a \fB+m\fP option, to set a terminal's left-margin.
+IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 (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.
+.bP
+There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
+unlike @TPUT@(3X).
.PP
The \fB\-d\fP (debug) and \fB\-n\fP (no-op) options are extensions not provided
by other implementations.