From 48c9ba5b6786467faeb05dcc503ea3974407e3ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vincentdarley Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:46:00 +0000 Subject: clarify tab stop behaviour --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/text.n | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9debd1a..12631cf 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-08-04 Vince Darley + + * doc/text.n: Clarify behaviour of tab stops (as per [Bug 1247835]) + 2005-08-09 Daniel Steffen * macosx/tkMacOSXCarbonEvents.c (AppEventHandlerProc): handle carbon 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 @@ '\" 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 -- cgit v0.12