On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Paul McFerrin <pmcfer...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > [someone back there wrote] > > On 02.02.2009, at 11:05, xerces8 wrote: > > > I noticed that when copying text from a the Cygwin Bash > > > window and then pasting it somewhere (like WordPad), > > > tabulator characters are converted to spaces. > > > The same happens with RXVT too. > > > > > > Details: > > > - print the content of some text file that has tabs (like a > > > C program source) : cat foo.c - select and copy the text > > > with the mouse > > > - paste (ctrl-V) into WordPad > > > > > > The text in Wordpad has no more tabs. > > > > > > Is there a way around this ? > > > > copy an paste from window to window takes what's printed, not what > > you have written. > > > > So, if the terminal prints spaces to represent the tabs, as a > > terminal usually does, you CAN only copy spaces. > > Let me add my 2 cents worth. If you have the "newform" command, the > following magic will work: > > $ newform -i-8 -o0 input_file >output_file > > I have newform but i'm not sure where i got it since I was a > long-time AT&T Unix user. I also didn't find a man page. It's a > very handy tool. > > Translations: > -i-8 = input tabs assumed to be at every 8 columns > -o0 = output has tabs at 0 (no tabs)
"expand" and "unexpand" do tab<->space conversions and have been in UNIXy systems since the early 1980s. Is there something that newform does that they don't? -- Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: t...@panix.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
