Subject: kern/3453: oxtabs output is inconsistent
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: John Kohl <jtk@kolvir.arlington-heights.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/06/1997 13:38:16
>Number: 3453
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: tab output is inconsistent
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 6 10:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: John Kohl
>Organization:
NetBSD Kernel Hackers `R` Us
>Release: NetBSD-current, 1997/04/06
>Environment:
System: NetBSD pattern.arlington-heights.ma.us 1.2D NetBSD 1.2D (PATTERN) #49: Sun Apr 6 13:13:21 EDT 1997 jtk@pattern.arlington-heights.ma.us:/u4/sandbox/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PATTERN i386
>Description:
On pcvt consoles, or xterms, "stty oxtabs" yields different
output characteristics than "stty -oxtabs", even when tabstops are set in
the terminals to 8 characters.
>How-To-Repeat:
The lines shown below will exhibit the problem when sent to a terminal
with oxtabs set.
This is tab-indented text.
So is this.
As is this. All these lines have a single TAB character at
their start.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: