On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 04:42:07 GMT, Scott Palmer <swpal...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> We are referring to the character here aren't we ? ie the actual character >> and the rest of it is about how it renders. >> Paraphrasing the java doc it says : >> If you display <the tab character> it will display as N instances of <the >> space character> > > I find "size of the tab character" to be a bit confusing. The number of > space you advance is not a constant for one, so tab characters don't really > have a fixed size in that sense. The javadoc could be rephrased as "the > distance between tab stops". However, that keeps the unfamiliar, but correct > IMO, "tab stop" wording. For the record the top google hit for "tab stop" > results in: "A tab stop is a term used to describe the location the cursor > stops after the Tab key is pressed." Wikipedia says something similar and > adds, "In text editors on a computer, the same concept is implemented > simplistically with automatic, fixed tab stops." OK. Lets not do this to death. I knew what you meant by tab stop. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/32
