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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:15:50 -0400
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] handling tabs in text frames
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm considering an alternative to the current tab behaviour in text frames.
> I'm tired of adding/removing tabs to keep adt declarations aligned, and I think
> the machine should do it, not me. Thus, for a experimental implementation
> for text frames I'm playing with now, I plan
> to implement tab handling  as follows:

i think it will be hard to make other formatting work.  sometimes two tabs mean
that things didn't quite line up with one tab.  sometimes they mean skip a field.

it's hard being incompatable.  even when it's better.  maybe hueristics will be
"good enough".

- erik

p.s.  tabs are 8 spaces. ;-)