Type III C lass A Program

TAB SETTING Control
Purpose:
The TAB SETTING control word specifies the tab stops to be
assumed for the following lines when converting the TAB
character generated by the TAB key into the appropriate
number of spaces.
Format:
.TB nCl) n(2) n(3) n(4) neS) I
neil specifies the column location of the (i)th tab stop:
the sequence must consist of increasing positive
values separated by one or more spaces.
Usage:
TAB characters generated by the TAB key entered into the
file during EDIT file creation are expanded by SCRIPT into
one or more blanks to simulate the effect of a logical tab
stop. The TAB SETTING control word specifies the locations
of the logical tab stops, this overrides the default tab
stops of 5, 10, 15, 20, 2S i , 30. 35, 40, 45, 50, 55" 60, 65,
10, 75.
A TAB SETTING control word without any tab stops specified,
results in reversion to the default tab settings. This
control word is useful for indenting the beginning of a
paragraph (remember a TAB causes a paragraph BREAK), or for
tabular information and diagrams.
Notes:
a. This control word acts as a BREAR.
b. The tab settings must be monotonically increasing,. Tab
settings that are not so ordered result in unpredictable
behavior.
Examples:
a. .TB 10 20 30 40
Tab stops are interpreted as columns 10, 20" and 30.
b. .TB
Tab stops revert to default values of 5, 10, 15, etc.
SCRIPT - .TB 157