GNU bug report logs - #57946
ls indenting broken if executed without color flag after i set tabs to 4

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: galih surya <galihsuryamu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 57946-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: galih surya <galihsuryamu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57946-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57946: ls indenting broken if executed without color flag
 after i set tabs to 4
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:21:23 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 9/19/22 20:19, galih surya wrote:
> Actually, I don't know if this is a bug.

It's not something 'ls' can easily fix, because 'ls' can't deduce from 
the operating system that you have installed nonstandard tab stops.

I installed the attached to try to document the issue.

Messing with hardware tab stops is typically more trouble than it's 
worth. I think the last time I did it was back in the 1970s, with a IBM 
029 keypunch drum card. Back then it sort of made sense, if you were 
programming in assembler or FORTRAN 66. Nowadays, not so much.
[0001-doc-warn-about-tabs-command-bug-57946.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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