Re: [Groff] Trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Kurt,

> I'm trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff to so some simple
> tables, and can't figure out why it is not working.

Mike pointed out you need real ASCII tab characters to have your example
work.  `\t' is used in `copy mode', e.g. when defining a macro, to
create a tab that's interpreted later, e.g. when the macro is invoked.

    $ printf '%s\n' .nf '.de m' 'foo\tbar' 'x\ty\tz\tz\ty' .. .m |
    > nroff | grep .
    foo     bar
    x       y       z       z       y
    $

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