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On Sun, 17 Sep 2000 02:58:52 +0100, Mark R Harding wrote:
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MRH> What does perplex me still is how exactly the tab key works. My usual
MRH> experience from both Windows and Unix editors is that the tab key
MRH> indents the cursor position (either by a control-character or by
MRH> inserting extra white space as required) to the next 'tab-stop' which
MRH> is normally defined as a regular series of positions along the text
MRH> line - say ever 4,8,16 or however many characters.
Yes. The tabbing with TB!'s editor will tab in 8 characters at a time,
all the time, provided ''Smart' Tabs' is disabled in the editor
preferences.
MRH> In TB!, I find the behaviour of the tab key to be almost random.
MRH> Sometimes I'll get a desired effect - othertimes the tab key will jump
MRH> the cursor to about 5 characters from the end of the line leaving a
MRH> gap of about 60% page width. If anyone here has the wisdom or
MRH> knowledge (or both?!) to explain what is going on, I'm a perplexed
MRH> person waiting for enlightenment... :)
You seem to have ''Smart' Tabs' enabled in the editor preferences. With
this option enabled, the tabbing will vary depending on the situation.
The tabbing will always adjust in such a way that the cursor ends up in
line with the first letter of the line of text above.
So if I type this and start a new line, hit tab, I end up
*here. See the new line starts in line with the one above.
With quoted material, it ignores the quote prefixing. So if I hit tab
below the following line:
allie> Test line
|the cursor ends up at the beginning of the quoted line
ignoring the prefix as above.
or
allie> another test
|here it is.
or
> test
|Here it is.
This is the method behind the madness of the Smart Tab. If you don't
like it, turn it off and your tabbing will be fixed at 8 characters. :-)
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