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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Sat, 16 Jan 1993 11:48:55 MST
Date: 16 Jan 1993 07:20:43 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Tenaglia - 257-8765 <TENAGLIA@mis.mcw.edu>
Subject: Re: entab/detab
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I use detab() a lot.
I have yet to use entab().
Funny things like the vi editor take liberties and insert tabs where
it feels like, and I don't want them 99% of the time.
In VMS source code, people randomly insert tabs, and I like to get
rid of them.
The need the entab() is dubious I think. A poormans' compression algorhythm?
I think entab() is retained for completeness rather utility IMHO.
Ideally, I think ASCII ought to get rid the TAB character, and then the
entab()/detab() would become meaningless.
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