Using tabs effectively. Was: Why not use tabs?

[Gordon McMillan]

James Logajan wrote:

> .... For example, consider a file that contains the
> following text lines, where ^I indicates a tab:
> 
> A^I^Ix
> AA^I^Ix
> AAA^I^Ix
> AAAA^Ix
> AAAAA^Ix
> AAAAAA^Ix
> AAAAAAA^Ix
> 
> The intent is to have that look like:
> 
> A       x
> AA      x
> AAA     x
> AAAA    x
> AAAAA   x
> AAAAAA  x
> AAAAAAA x
> 
> There is only ONE tab setting that will produce that result. 

Um, there's no tabsetting that will produce that result, but with 
the wonders of email, maybe that's not what you wrote.


- Gordon