Defining and controlling tabs

Three TABS commands help you to position the cursor where you want to start typing. These commands are the TABS line command, primary command, and macro command. There is also a TABS assignment statement.

You type the TABS line command in the line command field over the line numbers. This command:

Displays the =TABS> (tab-definition) line
Defines tab positions for software, hardware, and logical tabs

You type the TABS primary command on the command line. The TABS macro command is processed from within an edit macro. The TABS primary and macro commands can:

Turn tabs mode on and off
Define the logical tab character
Control the insertion of attribute bytes at hardware tab positions that have been defined with the TABS line command

The TABS assignment statement is processed from within an edit macro. It can do everything that the TABS macro command can do. In addition, the TABS assignment statement can retrieve the setting of tabs mode and place it in a variable.

You can use PROFILE to check the setting of tabs mode and the logical tab character.