Re: coreutils: FIXMEs in 2013

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 12/01/2013 01:19 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/01/2013 10:53 AM, Philipp Thomas wrote:
>> Am 29.11.13 11:10, schrieb Pádraig Brady:
>>> No idea. Test case is here if anyone can try:
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-01/msg00093.html
>>
>> It works in my Mac OS snow leopard terminal, i.e. no misalignment.
> 
> It was questionable to be so specific in the first place.
> Removed with the following.

> diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
> index c323730..cbb887d 100644
> --- a/doc/coreutils.texi
> +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
> @@ -7648,10 +7648,8 @@ Assume that each tab stop is @var{cols} columns wide.  
> The default is 8.
>  @command{ls} uses tabs where possible in the output, for efficiency.  If
>  @var{cols} is zero, do not use tabs at all.
> 
> -@c FIXME: remove in 2009, if Apple Terminal has been fixed for long enough.
> -Some terminal emulators (at least Apple Terminal 1.5 (133) from Mac OS X 
> 10.4.8)
> -do not properly align columns to the right of a TAB following a
> -non-ASCII byte.  If you use such a terminal emulator, use the
> +Some terminal emulators do not properly align columns to the right of a

maybe s/do/may/ ?

> +TAB following a non-ASCII byte.  If you use such a terminal emulator, use the
>  @option{-T0} option or put @code{TABSIZE=0} in your environment to tell
>  @command{ls} to align using spaces, not tabs.

Good idea to do it that way - as that is the only place where the TABSIZE
environment variable - which is not required by POSIX [1] - is documented.

[1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html

Have a nice day,
Berny