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- Detab Documentation -- Version 2.0
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- Detab expands all the tabs in an ascii file to spaces
- and oh boy is it fast!!
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- Detab can run in two modes, command line and prompt. If
- you leave the command line blank, you will be prompted for
- the input and output filenames (they can be the same). The
- command line mode format is:
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- DETAB [ Input.fil [ Output.fil ] ]
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- Where Output.fil can be left off to put output into the
- input.fil. If Input.fil is left off you will be prompted for
- the filenames.
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- Detab also accepts wild cards, for example DETAB *.PAS
- will expand all the tabs in all the .Pas files in the current
- directory.
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- Detab can also be run with redirection. For example:
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- DETAB <Input.fil
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- would set the detabbed file onto the screen. If Detab
- determines that the input is being redirected the output will
- be directed to the screen regardless of any other command
- line parameters.
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- Some editors and other utilities do not use the Dos
- standard of eight spaces per tab. In order to get around
- this limitation Detab has a command line switch (/nn). This
- switch tells Detab how many spaces to use per tab. If the
- switch is not specified the default is eight spaces per tab.
- For example if a different editor put four spaces per tab and
- you wanted to use Mister ED (which you now realize if far
- superior), the following command will move you up in the
- world:
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- DETAB Lesser.fil Better.fil /4
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