Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2007-01-19 01:23:44 +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Apple Terminal version 1.4.6, part of MacOS X 10.3.9, is affected.
>
> I forgot to say. This is still not fixed in Terminal 1.5 (133) from
> Mac OS X 10.4.8.
Thanks.
I've checked this in:
* coreutils.texi (ls: General output formatting): Mention the
workarounds to accommodate the Apple Terminal bug.
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 6fc6704..89e97d8 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -6419,6 +6419,13 @@ Assume that each tab stop is @var{cols} columns wide.
The default is 8.
@command{ls} uses tabs where possible in the output, for efficiency. If
@var{cols} is zero, do not use tabs at all.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] FIXME: remove in 2009, if Apple Terminal has been fixed for
long enough.
+Some terminal emulators (at least Apple Terminal 1.5 (133) from Mac OS X
10.4.8)
+do not properly align columns to the right of a TAB following a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] byte. If you use such a terminal emulator, use the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] option or put @code{TABSIZE=0} in your environment to tell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to align using spaces, not tabs.
+
@item -w
@itemx [EMAIL PROTECTED]
@opindex -w
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