* Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-29 21:37]:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 01:22:53PM -0700, Jim Osborn wrote:
> > How can I control the number of spaces a <tab> character
> > uses when reading mail in the pager? Mutt 1.3.99i.
>
> It appears to be hardcoded (to 8).
> Most versions of curses assume 8.

yes, the builtin pager has "no options".
however, you can use other pagers
such as vim which would allow this.

   set pager="vim -c ts=4 -"

> (ncurses allows you to set it in the TABSTOP variable -
> which I noticed recently is not in the manpage).

tsk tsk tsk... ;-)

Sven

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