On 06/04/2020 01:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
ed
NO SALE :< Neither "tab " nor "tab-stop" appear in its manual. https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html
On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 11:36 Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:I want to do what would be trivial on a 20th century wide carriage mechanical typewriter. Current text editors {and even worse word processors} are too good(sic) to be of practical use. I _REQUIRE_: a. fixed width font {Courier preferred} Selectable font width. Only one width for each document. b. *MUST* be able to set tab STOPS to an explicitly chosen column # [Those of my generation fondly remember flipping down back cover of the carriage, physically removing the "tab stop", and reinserting at the notch of the desired column ;} ] c. Extra points if in Debian repository. TIA Long live the 026 :}
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