[Geany] tabulators

[Enrico Tröger]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:38:45 +0200, Jelle de Jong
<jelledejong at powercraft.nl> wrote:

> Jeffrey Grembecki wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:03:16 -0400
> > "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In the Edit --> Prefs --> Editor pane --> Features section, you use
> >> the word "tabulators" (and also again in that item's popup help).
> >> I've never heard that term. I'm guessing it's the full and proper
> >> -- but arcane -- name for "tabs". You may want to change the
> >> occurrences of that word to the more current "tabs".
> >>
> >> ---John
> >
> > tab·u·la·tor (tăb'yə-lā'tər) pronunciation
> > n.
> >
> >    1. One that tabulates.
> >    2. A machine that reads, sorts, and prints out information from
> > punched cards.
> >    3. A mechanism on a typewriter for setting automatic stops or
> > margins for columns.
> >    4. Computer Science. A device for reading data from punched
> >       cards and producing printed lists or totals of the result.
> >    5. One who counts, records, or lists systematically.
> >
> > I havn't read the context myself..
3. sounds like it is what we mean, should we change it anyway?

> Just a comment, I would really like to be able to switch with a short
> cut between tab 4 and tab 8 like is possible with mousepad.
Ok, I'll go to add it. But I'm still not convinced that it will be a
commonly used feature ;-).

Regards,
Enrico

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