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25 .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/tabs/tabs.1,v 1.6 2002/11/26 17:33:36 ru Exp $
26 .\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/tabs/tabs.1,v 1.3 2007/07/30 22:11:33 swildner Exp $
36 .Op Fl Ar n | Fl a | a2 | c | c2 | c3 | f | p | s | u
42 .Ar n1 Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar n2 , Ns ...
46 utility displays a series of characters that clear the hardware terminal
47 tab settings then initialises tab stops at specified positions, and
48 optionally adjusts the margin.
50 In the first synopsis form, the tab stops set depend on the command line
51 options used, and may be one of the predefined formats or at regular
54 In the second synopsis form, tab stops are set at positions
57 If a position is preceded by a
59 it is relative to the previous position set.
60 No more than 20 positions may be specified.
62 If no tab stops are specified, the
65 tab width of 8 is used.
67 The options are as follows:
68 .Bl -tag -width indent
75 is 0, the tab stops are cleared but no new ones are set.
77 Assembler format (columns 1, 10, 16, 36, 72).
79 Assembler format (columns 1, 10, 16, 40, 72).
82 normal format (columns 1, 8, 12, 16, 20, 55)
85 compact format (columns 1, 6, 10, 14, 49)
88 compact format (columns 1, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46,
92 format (columns 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23).
95 format (columns 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53,
99 format (columns 1, 10, 55).
101 Assembler format (columns 1, 12, 20, 44).
108 character left margin, or 10 if
112 Output escape sequence for the terminal type
117 .Ev LANG , LC_ALL , LC_CTYPE
120 environment variables affect the execution of
127 option overrides the setting of the
129 environment variable.
153 utility appeared in PWB
158 database does not define the
160 (set left soft margin) capability for any terminals.