Syntax


XTABS

[ n | ? ]


Operands


n

The desired size of the tab spacing

?

Display the current status of the setting.


Description


The XTABS (or alias XTAB) primary command defines the number of spaces that are used to replace a Horizontal Tab character (HT = X'09') when these are found in the edit file. These tabs will be expanded to spaces, based on the XTABS value.


When n is set to 0 (zero), Horizontal Tabs are not expanded.


The value is stored as part of the PROFILE options which are maintained individually by file type.


Using XTABS as default for Data Shifting commands.


The data shifting commands - ( (( ) )) > >> < << [ [[ and ] ]] user the default value specified in Options - General.  It is possible to request the Data Shift commands to use the XTABS value (if specified) for this default.  Refer to Options - General for details.

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