-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 23:08, Miles Bader wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> For example, the DEC VT220 allowed you to change the tab stops, and >> make as many as you wanted. Not sure about the VT100, but wouldn't >> be surprised. > > The vt100 had a special setup screen for "setting tab stops", though I > don't know what exactly was effected by it[*] -- nobody in their right > mind ever actually used that feature...
Programmers and administrators? No. But actual *users*? Sure they did. > [*] E.g.., whether it changed the interpretation of TAB characters, or > needed some special escape codes to use, etc. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGu+6FS9HxQb37XmcRAh09AJoCMgq58vKJ3bKlOwMlAkGaCJyIywCgnleF HcsNCErYCT9W114pYeQA7DA= =AaMb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
