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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-08-04 Vince Darley <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net> + + * doc/text.n: Clarify behaviour of tab stops (as per [Bug 1247835]) + 2005-08-09 Daniel Steffen <das@users.sourceforge.net> * macosx/tkMacOSXCarbonEvents.c (AppEventHandlerProc): handle carbon @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" 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 $ '\" .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 |