tabify
verbEtymology From tab + -ify.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
- A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.1985, Terry A. Ward, Applied programming techniques in C:
- You can only tabify source code1999, Michael Amundsen, Practical Visual InterDev 6:
- Antonyms
- untabify
- Related terms
- Tabs vs Spaces Debate in Programming