On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:41:08 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano
> wrote:
>
>> Here's Jamie Zawinski:
>> http://www.jwz.org/doc/tabs-vs-spaces.html
>>
>> "On defaultly-configured Unix systems, and on ancient dumb terminals
>> and teletypes, the tradition has been for the TAB character to mean
>> ``move to the right until the current column is a multiple of 8.''
>
> Actually, I think that should be "multiple of 8 plus 1". If you're in
> column 1, pressing tab will move the equivalent of 8 spaces, which takes
> you column 9, not 8.
Ever noticed that computer freaks often start counting at 0? ;-)
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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