untabify

verb

untabify

verb

Etymology From un- + tabify.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.

  • The untabify command works on a region.1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221:
  • The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.1998, Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set, volume 2:
Antonyms
tabify

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