Hi Ingo,
> Besides, while i do see some scattered uses of the term "hard tab" for
> the character U+0009 on the web, i consider it jargon at best,
> imprecise and obscure at worst
...
> grotty(1) should probably say something like:
>
> -h Use ASCII horizontal tab characters ("hard tabs")
> in the output instead of strings of multiple spaces.
> Tab stop positions are assumed to be set every 8 columns.
The -h stands for horizontal tab in contrast to, say, a vertical tab.
I don't think ‘hard’ had anything to do with it.
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Cheers, Ralph.
