GNU bug report logs - #25540
notice issue in expand -- doesn't allow for expressing tabsize value in tabstop(s)

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: Reuti <reuti <at> staff.uni-marburg.de>
Cc: 25540 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25540: notice issue in expand -- doesn't allow for expressing tabsize value in tabstop(s)
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:53:31 -0800


Reuti wrote:

>  To avoid that this gets broken, I would suggest to use a modified syntax like 1,9,30,34,/4 for using a width of 4 beyond 34.
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	It wouldn't be broken.  The syntax would become the same as on 
other platforms.  As it is now, it is already incompatible.  The point
is to make it consistent with other usages.
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