bug#25553: tabs still dont work 8 years after last ticket activity?
Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs |
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| Organization | UCLA Computer Science Department |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 2025-07-20 12:23, Kent Dorfman wrote: > > In my old age I decided to start coding with tabs instead of "four > spaces" so I set TABSIZE=4 in my shell and mostly my editors and xterms > are OK with it. However, there are some xterm window geometries that > break column alignment for the (ls) command (especially with long > filenames). I built the latest coreutils from source and the problem > still remains...after eight years or ticket inactivity? First noticed > this problem with Debian11 using coreutils8.3 I can't reproduce the problem with coreutils 9.7, the current version. Please try the following: * Run "tabs -4" *after* changing the xterm window size. * Upgrade to Coreutils 9.7. * Run 'stty -a' and make sure its output agrees with the actual xterm size. Also, make sure it outputs the capability "tab0". * Use GDB on 'ls' and investigate what values it assigns the variables 'line_length' and 'tabsize'. If all those check out but you still see the problem, I'll have more suggestions.