Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Disgusting kernel hack Message-ID: <1096@utah-gr.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 12:09:20 EST Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1096 Posted: Mon Mar 12 12:09:20 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 08:43:27 EST References: iedl02.1702 Lines: 10 Have you ever noticed how more doesn't work very well if you specify -c and you have said stty -tabs? This is because the kernel has in it code which counts characters to determine how to simulate tabs. When running with more -c, more puts out a "line clear" sequence at the beginning of each line. This generally doesn't cause the cursor to move, but the kernel counts those characters anyway. So, the tab emulation is all screwed up. So, would you suggest that we take tab emulation out of the kernel and put it into every single program which wants to do output? =S