TABSET - assist setting tabs on hard copy terminals.

Syntax:

tabs [<tab option>] [option]

+Diablo        +Hp
+Normal        +Gmaptabs
+B             +Algol
(+|-)Check (+)

Examples:

tabs
tabs +n
tabs 7,11,13,27

Options:

+Diablo

indicates that you have a Diablo terminal. The default is to assume you are on a 2741.

+Hp

indicates that you have a Hewlett-Packard 26xx series terminal. This turns out to be exactly equivalent to "+Diablo".

+Check

checks tab settings without resetting them.

-Check

doesn't check existing tab settings when resetting.

<tab options>

specifies language-oriented tab settings. If no <tab options> are specified, tabs are set every eight positions. The following language-oriented <tab options> are recognized.

+Algol | +B: tabs at 5,10,20,25,...
+Gmaptabs | +Normal: tabs at 8,16,32,73
i,i,i,i,i,: use your own tabs.

Description:

TABSET always assumes that tab positions start numbering at one (the same as the GCOS JCL convention).

When you issue the TABSET command, you will be given a message telling you what to do next. You should hold down the "clr" switch and press return when TABSET prints out an "r". This will clear all the tabs that are currently set. Next TABSET will space across the line, printing a "t" at every place you should set a tab. Each time it prints a "t" it pauses for you to set the tab stop. Finally, TABSET checks the resultant settings by issuing <tab>T<tab>T, etc. This final line should match the preceding line.