Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?
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On 08/09/07 23:08, Miles Bader wrote:
> 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...
Programmers and administrators? No.
But actual *users*? Sure they did.
> [*] E.g.., whether it changed the interpretation of TAB characters, or
> needed some special escape codes to use, etc.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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