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Article #6016MS-DOS Tabs
From: Martin Scharnke
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 01:20
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 01:20
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I have a really icky problem...wanting to use the DOS PRINT spooler using the multiplex interrupt I have found that tabs are universally expanded to 8 spaces. I HATE THIS!!! My favourite tab size is 2, and writing a string to my printer to set tab size to 2 is no great hassle (Esc + "e" + 0 + 2 is the string from memory). But calling the PRINT spooler (which I do so that I can print in the background) causes space to be sustituted for tabs - Grrrrr! Does anyone know of a hack/patch that can change this. Or is my only solution to write my own spooling TSR (Something I don't want to have to do! :-} ) Any help appreciated... _ || martin@comp.vuw.ac.nz ' )--,--, _/_ || Victoria University / / / __ __ / . _ || Wellington, New Zealand / / (_(_/|_/ (_(_(_/ ) || -- _ || martin@comp.vuw.ac.nz ' )--,--, _/_ || Victoria University / / / __ __ / . _ || Wellington, New Zealand / / (_(_/|_/ (_(_(_/ ) || martin@actrix.co.nz
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!martin From: Martin.Scharnke@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Martin Scharnke) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: MS-DOS Tabs Message-ID: <1991May01.012034.10419@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 1 May 91 01:20:34 GMT Sender: martin@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Martin Scharnke) Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand. Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: circa.comp.vuw.ac.nz Originator: martin@circa.comp.vuw.ac.nz