X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Ftabs.1;h=ed3e41fa0d3067cd2cf246b89f497a414206ed4c;hp=6f973a618bd0f4f222863ee2fbb5898036d01719;hb=32345daa97e69f66b554f02faef53cfd02739bdc;hpb=06078d3fa68db669ed37178c01873546b4b28745 diff --git a/man/tabs.1 b/man/tabs.1 index 6f973a61..ed3e41fa 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 1.17 2018/05/19 21:07:46 tom Exp $ .TH @TABS@ 1 "" .ds n 5 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq @@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ 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 +113,8 @@ 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 +152,9 @@ 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.