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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?



Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> For example, the DEC VT220 allowed you to change the tab stops, and
> make as many as you wanted.  Not sure about the VT100, but wouldn't
> be surprised.

The vt100 had a special setup screen for "setting tab stops", though I
don't know what exactly was effected by it[*] -- nobody in their right
mind ever actually used that feature...

[*] E.g.., whether it changed the interpretation of TAB characters, or
needed some special escape codes to use, etc.

-Miles

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