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In article <3564@haddock.ISC.COM>, karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) writes:
> In article <5200003@uiucdcsm> wsmith@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> >Problems include: handling of multi line expressions and defining default
> >tab stops.
> 
> One possible solution: multi-line expressions are only valid in the presence
> of a continuation indicator (backslash-newline in C); `tab' is an undefined
> (or implementation-defined) character in a source file.

The implementation-defined `tab' would probably work well.  You would
need tools to manipulate (edit & print) source files, but most
programmers expect these tools now anyhow.

On many systems, tab size is not tied to character-cell size anyhow,
especially on bit-mapped screens using proportional fonts.  If you use
a Swiss or Times font on the screen, "4 character" tabs have no
meaning.  You would instead insert `indent' characters, and tell the
editor or source printer to indent .5" for each indent.
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