Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:12:53 +0200 | Subject | Re: Please change /proc/rtc (PATCH) |
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On 25 Apr 96 at 8:58, Warner Losh wrote:
> : Because there is no standard for using tab stops every 8th char! Some > : people like them modulo 4. Hardcopy printers may lack tabulating at > : all. > > There *IS* a standard for tabs. It is every 8th character. Some > people chose to adhere to a different standard, but 8 space tabs is > fairly standard. So that is a fairly weak reason.
The problem is terminals with programmable tabs, and applications expanding or not expanding tabs to spaces. This make a few combinations (I'm not talking about stty -tabs...)
> > The real reason it is better to use the %15s format because it fixes > the problem of things not lining up when you have the odd entry that > is over 8 characters long. > > Warner (But I'm sure everybody knows about tabs, no I won't talk any more about it. Others are invited to follow me unless they have really exciting news)
Ulrich
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