Re: @Verbatim bug ????

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Fri, March 15, 1996 at 09:30:27 (-0500), Robert Marsa wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: @Verbatim bug ????
>
> Why not just make named parameter of @Verbatim which holds the number of 
> spaces
> each tab represents.  It could default to 4 (like UNIX).  This number could be
> passed to the verbatim filter as a commandline parameter, and that program
> could take care of the tab-to-space conversion.  There is no call for an extra
> program.

Excuse me, but UNIX (and most any ASCII terminal) defaults to 8 spaces
for each tab stop.

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