LibreOffice Writer: Choose: DejaVu Sans Mono
Setting tabs: "On the ruler, set the tabs for the current paragraph, or all selected paragraphs, using the mouse. Initially the default tabs are shown on the horizontal ruler. Once you set a tab, only the default tabs to the right of the tab that you have set are available." I was able to format the page to landscape and a page length of 20 inches. I did not try longer. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 06/04/2020 01:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > ed > > NO SALE :< > Neither "tab " nor "tab-stop" appear in its manual. > https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html > > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 11:36 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > > > >> I want to do what would be trivial on a 20th century wide carriage > >> mechanical typewriter. Current text editors {and even worse word > >> processors} are too good(sic) to be of practical use. > >> > >> I _REQUIRE_: > >> a. fixed width font {Courier preferred} > >> Selectable font width. Only one width for each document. > >> b. *MUST* be able to set tab STOPS to an explicitly chosen column # > >> [Those of my generation fondly remember flipping down back cover > >> of the carriage, physically removing the "tab stop", and > >> reinserting at the notch of the desired column ;} ] > >> c. > >> > >> Extra points if in Debian repository. > >> TIA > >> > >> Long live the 026 :} > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug