Steve D'Aprano wrote:
But wait... before there was COBOL, there were *typewriters*. Its been many years since I've had my hands on a manual typewriter, but if I remember correctly the standard default tab setting was 1 inch.
I haven't used many manual typewriters, but on the ones I have used, there were no "standard" tab stops -- you configured them yourself, wherever you wanted. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list