Re: Tabstop width not reset by reset command, or hardcoded to wrong width

[Vincent Huisman]

On 28-05-2019 01:04, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> By the way, discussing a specific terminal description and a specific
> terminal (emulator or not) would be more constructive.

I'm trying to, but it feels like you keep missing a part of my messages. 
I'm talking about SecureCRT, which gives me TERM=linux with my 
connection settings, and about konsole with TERM=xterm-256color.

Actual behaviour on a new, fresh, clean terminal:
$ tabs 2 > accidental_binary_file; echo -e "\ta"
        a
$ cat accidental_binary_file; echo -e "\ta"
  a
$ reset; echo -e "\ta"
  a

Expected behaviour:
$ reset; echo -e "\ta"
        a

Is my expectation wrong? And if so, does that mean I'm using reset 
wrongly, and is there another tool I should be using to reset the 
terminal to all of its defaults?

Sincerely,

Vincent Huisman