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Date: | Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:24:38 -0500 |
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Subject: | RE: Copy converts tabs to spaces ? |
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>>> On 02.02.2009, at 11:05, xerces8 wrote: >>>> I noticed that when copying text from a the Cygwin Bash window and >>>> then pasting it somewhere (like WordPad), tabulator characters are >>>> converted to spaces. >>>> >>>> The same happens with RXVT too. >>>> >>>> Details: >>>> - print the content of some text file that has tabs (like a C >>>> program source) : cat foo.c >>>> - select and copy the text with the mouse >>>> - paste (ctrl-V) into WordPad >>>> >>>> The text in Wordpad has no more tabs. >>>> >>>> Is there a way around this ? >>> >>> copy an paste from window to window takes what's printed, not what >>> you have written. >>> >>> So, if the terminal prints spaces to represent the tabs, as a >>> terminal usually does, you CAN only copy spaces. Let me add my 2 cents worth. If you have the "newform" command, the following magic will work: $ newform -i-8 -o0 input_file >output_file I have newform but i'm not sure where i got it since I was a long-time AT&T Unix user. I also didn't find a man page. It's a very handy tool. Translations: -i-8 = input tabs assumed to be at every 8 columns -o0 = output has tabs at 0 (no tabs) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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