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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/tabs.1 b/contrib/ncurses/man/tabs.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c867db5 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/tabs.1 @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" * +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * +.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.8 2010/12/04 18:40:45 tom Exp $ +.TH @TABS@ 1 "" +.ds n 5 +.SH NAME +\fBtabs\fR \- set tabs on a terminal +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBtabs\fR [\fB\-v\fR[\fIn\fR]] [\fB\-ahuUV\fR] \fIfile...\fR +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The \fBtabs\fP program clears and sets tab-stops on the terminal. +This uses the terminfo \fIclear_all_tabs\fP and \fIset_tab\fP capabilities. +If either is absent, \fBtabs\fP is unable to clear/set tab-stops. +The terminal should be configured to use hard tabs, e.g., +.sp +.RS +stty tab0 +.RE +.SH OPTIONS +.SS General Options +.TP 5 +.BI \-T "name" +Tell \fBtabs\fP which terminal type to use. +If this option is not given, \fBtabs\fP will use the \fB$TERM\fP +environment variable. +If that is not set, it will use the \fIansi+tabs\fP entry. +.TP 5 +.B \-d +The debugging option shows a ruler line, followed by two data lines. +The first data line shows the expected tab-stops marked with asterisks. +The second data line shows the actual tab-stops, marked with asterisks. +.TP 5 +.B \-n +This option tells \fBtabs\fP to check the options and run any debugging +option, but not to modify the terminal settings. +.PP +The \fBtabs\fP program processes a single list of tab stops. +The last option to be processed which defines a list is the one that +determines the list to be processed. +.SS Implicit Lists +Use a single number as an option, e.g., "\fB\-5\fP" to set tabs at the given +interval (in this case 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.). Tabs are repeated up to +the right margin of the screen. +.PP +Use "\fB\-0\fP" to clear all tabs. +.PP +Use "\fB\-8\fP" to set tabs to the standard interval. +.SS Explicit Lists +An explicit list can be defined after the options (this does not use a "\-"). +The values in the list must be in increasing numeric order, and greater than +zero. They are separated by a comma or a blank, for example, +.sp +.RS +tabs 1,6,11,16,21 +.br +tabs 1 6 11 16 21 +.RE +Use a '+' to treat a number as an increment relative to the previous value, +e.g., +.sp +.RS +tabs 1,+5,+5,+5,+5 +.RE +which is equivalent to the 1,6,11,16,21 example. +.SS Predefined Tab-Stops +X/Open defines several predefined lists of tab stops. +.TP 5 +.B \-a +Assembler, IBM S/370, first format +.TP 5 +.B \-a2 +Assembler, IBM S/370, second format +.TP 5 +.B \-c +COBOL, normal format +.TP 5 +.B \-c2 +COBOL compact format +.TP 5 +.B \-c3 +COBOL compact format extended +.TP 5 +.B \-f +FORTRAN +.TP 5 +.B \-p +PL/I +.TP 5 +.B \-s +SNOBOL +.TP 5 +.B \-u +UNIVAC 1100 Assembler +.SH PORTABILITY +.PP +X/Open describes a \fB+m\fP option, to set a terminal's left-margin. +Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this capability. +.PP +The \fB\-d\fP (debug) and \fB\-n\fP (no-op) options are extensions not provided +by other implementations. +.PP +Documentation for other implementations states that there is a limit on the +number of tab stops. While some terminals may not accept an arbitrary number +of tab stops, this implementation will attempt to set tab stops up to the +right margin of the screen, if the given list happens to be that long. +.SH SEE ALSO +\fB@TSET@\fR(1), +\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBterminfo\fR(\*n). +.PP +This describes \fBncurses\fR +version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@). |