X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Ftabs.1;h=d34f8e0fe30928ec4b87882af5dd7f2a522f0467;hp=6f973a618bd0f4f222863ee2fbb5898036d01719;hb=321b81e6b3fa425daddac02420d862100dc3aac8;hpb=06078d3fa68db669ed37178c01873546b4b28745;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/tabs.1 b/man/tabs.1 index 6f973a61..d34f8e0f 100644 --- a/man/tabs.1 +++ b/man/tabs.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.16 2017/11/18 23:56:00 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.19 2018/07/28 21:46:31 tom Exp $ .TH @TABS@ 1 "" .ds n 5 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ .de NE .fi .ft R -.in -4 +.ie n .in -4 +.el .in -2 .. .SH NAME \fB@TABS@\fR \- set tabs on a terminal @@ -93,9 +94,10 @@ The \fB@TABS@\fP 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. .SS Implicit Lists -Use a single number as an option, e.g., \*(``\fB\-5\fP\*('' 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., \*(``\fB\-5\fP\*('' 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. .PP Use \*(``\fB\-0\fP\*('' to clear all tabs. .PP @@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ tabs 1,6,11,16,21 tabs 1 6 11 16 21 .NE .PP -Use a \*(``+\*('' to treat a number as an increment relative to the previous value, +Use a \*(``+\*('' to treat a number +as an increment relative to the previous value, e.g., .NS tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5 @@ -150,8 +153,9 @@ SNOBOL UNIVAC 1100 Assembler .SH PORTABILITY .PP -IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 (POSIX.1-2008) describes -a \fBtabs\fP utility. However +\fIIEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7\fP (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. @@ -163,7 +167,8 @@ The \fB\-d\fP (debug) and \fB\-n\fP (no-op) options are extensions not provided by other implementations. .PP Documentation for other implementations states that there is a limit on the -number of tab stops. While some terminals may not accept an arbitrary number +number of tab stops. +While some terminals 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. .SH SEE ALSO