[ale] Tab stops in linux?

[Joseph Knapka]

"Michael D. Hirsch" <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:

> On Tuesday 29 April 2003 07:30 pm, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > Christopher: like the previous replies, your message didn't come through
> > in your original post to me either.
> 
> That's really wierd.  I got them both fine.

Many people have trouble reading CB's mail. I only get the last few lines
of each of his posts, although I can see the entire thing when it's
quoted in other people's replies. I know others have similar problems.

CB, just FYI, I've stopped trying to reply to your posts because
I really have no idea what's in them :-)

Cheers,

-- Joe

> Michael
> 
> > Thus spake Christopher Bergeron (christopher at bergeron.com):
> > > Fair enough...  Let me elaborate:
> > >
> > > s/Anyone/Anyone care to provide any insight or suggestions and not
> > > criticism to the above questions\?/
> > >
> > > For those that haven't yet the initial post perused:
> > >
> > > *Does anyone know if "tab stops" are universal in linux, or if they're
> > > program independent?*  Specifically, I use pico or vi as my editor
> > > (based on my mood), and I'd like to set my "tabs" to about 2
> > > characters.  It appears that the default is like 10 characters or
> > > something; and I just can't spare that much screen real estate. *
> > > Would I find this setting in each of my apps or is it an stty thing?*
> > > * If it's a global thing, would programs like "indent" also cater to
> > > it? *
> > >
> > > *Anyone? *
> > >
> > > Much thanks,
> > > CB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -CB
> > >
> > > Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > > >On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 06:51:37PM -0400, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> > > >>Anyone?
> > > >
> > > >	Anyone what?  What's the question?
> > > >
> > > >	The best I can answer the subject line is "yes".
> > > >
> > > >>Much thanks,
> > > >>CB
> > > >
> > > >	Mike
> > >
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