Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Ayan George <ayan@tyra.durocom.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/29247: fmt should not expand tabs. Message-ID: <200107261947.f6QJl6521799@tyra.durocom.com>
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>Number: 29247 >Category: bin >Synopsis: fmt should not expand tabs. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 26 12:50:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ayan George >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: none >Environment: System: FreeBSD tyra.durocom.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Thu Jul 19 13:07:57 EDT 2001 root@tyra.durocom.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TYRA_KERNEL i386 >Description: The new fmt command expands tabs to spaces by default. This is completely broken compared with the behavior of the old fmt. Please fix it. >How-To-Repeat: Type something tabbed over with vi, then pipe it through fmt thusly: :!}fmt >Fix: Minor code revision or the reintroduction of the old fmt program. Why did we change it anyway? >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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