On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:56:26PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
Will, I think it's in terminfo. man 5 terminfo points you to the it
variable. But it looks like /etc/terminfo/l/linux is a binary... It's
days like this when I curse the day that Debian switched from termcap to
terminfo. I'd have
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
if you don't know, just say so. :)
My answer was correct ;-).
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On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 10:36:07PM -0500, will trillich wrote:
so let's say i'm gonna live in a vacuum for the next forty years.
how can i change my tabs, system-wide? or is this like windo~1
where you can't change something if The Forces That Be don't want
you to?
I don't think there
If you can't be helpful with your words, be helpful by your silence, Bill.
Will, I think it's in terminfo. man 5 terminfo points you to the it
variable. But it looks like /etc/terminfo/l/linux is a binary... It's
days like this when I curse the day that Debian switched from termcap to
terminfo.
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:56:26PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
terminfo. I'd have suggested you just change the termcap entry, but I'm
not too hot on the process for changing terminfo. I hope this gives you a
It is 'tic' with 'infocmp'
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 03:54:39PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 11:56:26PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
terminfo. I'd have suggested you just change the termcap entry, but I'm
not too hot on the process for changing terminfo. I hope this gives you a
It is
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 07:12:03PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote:
Yes, this is Linux. This means that the standard for hard tabs is 8
characters wide.
If you ever want to exchange files with anyone else, and you want
them to be able to read your
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:36:08AM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
Yea, 8 seems a bit wide for programs. Here's what I often put in
my source files for vim.
/* vim: set softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab: */
Basically, you end up with a file that has spaces instead of tabs due to
the
will trillich wrote:
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:36:08AM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
Yea, 8 seems a bit wide for programs. Here's what I often put in
my source files for vim.
/* vim: set softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab: */
Basically, you end up with a file that has spaces
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
is there a way to change the default 8-col tab to 4-col?
system-wide? (this is linux, after all...)
Yes, this is Linux. This means that the standard for hard tabs is 8
characters wide.
If you ever want to exchange files with anyone else, and you
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 07:12:03PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote:
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
is there a way to change the default 8-col tab to 4-col?
system-wide? (this is linux, after all...)
Yes, this is Linux. This means that the standard for hard tabs is 8
characters wide.
it's trivial to set
:set ts=4
to have VI (vim) use every fourth console column for a tab stop,
but displaying things via LESS or MUTT, everything is still at 8
chars.
is there a way to set TABS=4 globally? (badly-behaved programs
may hardwire it into their code, but who, using debian,
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's trivial to set
:set ts=4
to have VI (vim) use every fourth console column for a tab stop,
but displaying things via LESS or MUTT, everything is still at 8
chars.
is there a way to set TABS=4 globally? (badly-behaved programs
may hardwire it
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 03:42:13PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's trivial to set
:set ts=4
to have VI (vim) use every fourth console column for a tab stop,
but displaying things via LESS or MUTT, everything is still at 8
chars.
is there a
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:27:39AM -0600, will trillich wrote:
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 03:42:13PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
will trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's trivial to set
:set ts=4
to have VI (vim) use every fourth console column for a tab stop,
but displaying
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