James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Roland Mainz writes:
> > * Be carefull with using TABS in script code, they are not portable
> > between editors or platforms
>
> Could you clarify this one, please?
>
> Are you referring to the ASCII TAB (0x09) character?  If so, what's
> not "portable" about it?  Are you hinting at the people who
> misconfigure their editors away from the Right And True 8-character
> tab stops to something bizarre such as 4-character?

If an editor does not doesl correctly with tabs, this is not a problem 
of shell scripts. Just avoid this editor ;-)

Jörg

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