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Re: Display tables and `tabify'
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Samuel Padgett |
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Re: Display tables and `tabify' |
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12 Apr 2001 19:00:00 -0400 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> On 10 Apr 2001, Samuel Padgett wrote:
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> > The amount of whitespace in the buffer should stay the same.
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> I'm not sure. `tabify' preserves the _visual_ appearence of the text.
> For example, if you modify tab-width, the amount of TABs inserted by
> `tabify' will change accordingly, right? I don't see how your case is
> different.
Well, before running tabify the text looks like
\t\tTime flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
After tabify, it looks like
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
The visual appearance has changed, right?
Sam
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