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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:47:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ayan George <ayan@tyra.durocom.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/29247: fmt should not expand tabs.
Message-ID:  <200107261947.f6QJl6521799@tyra.durocom.com>

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>Number:         29247
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       fmt should not expand tabs.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jul 26 12:50:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ayan George
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD tyra.durocom.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Thu Jul 19 13:07:57 EDT 2001 root@tyra.durocom.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TYRA_KERNEL i386


>Description:
	The new  fmt command expands tabs to spaces by default.  This is completely
	broken compared with the behavior of the old fmt.

	Please fix it.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Type something tabbed over with vi, then pipe it through fmt thusly:

:!}fmt

>Fix:

	Minor code revision or the reintroduction of the old fmt program.
	Why did we change it anyway?
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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