clarify tab stop behaviour

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/text.n b/doc/text.n
index f31bac0..079670f 100644
--- a/doc/text.n
+++ b/doc/text.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.37 2005/05/12 22:51:03 dgp Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: text.n,v 1.38 2005/08/09 09:46:02 vincentdarley Exp $
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 .so man.macros
 .TH text n 8.5 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ tab position;  if there is no number in the text then the text is
 right-justified at the tab position.
 For example, \fB\-tabs {2c left 4c 6c center}\fR creates three
 tab stops at two-centimeter intervals;  the first two use left
-justification and the third uses center justification.
+justification and the third uses center justification.  Note that
+tabs are interpreted as they are encountered in the text.  Any tab
+character being laid out will use (and be defined by) the first tab stop 
+to the right of the preceding characters already laid out on that line.
 If the list of tab stops does not have enough elements to cover all
 of the tabs in a text line, then Tk extrapolates new tab stops using
 the spacing and alignment from the last tab stop in the list.  Tab