============================================================================== Convert Tabs V2.1 © J.Tyberghein Mon Dec 18 13:40:27 1989 ============================================================================== Preface ------- With this program you can convert the tabs in a file to spaces or to tabs of another size. The resulting file will always have the same layout as the source file. This program (ConvTab V2.1) is shareware. If you like and/or use this utility I would appreciate it very much if you'd send me a contribution of $10 US ($15 if you want to get a new update (when one is available)). Please send money by international money order, EuroCheck (in Belgian Francs (BF) !) or cash, because it's very difficult for me to cash in other checks. If you want an update please state your current version. If you want to use this program for commercial purposes please write for permission ! If you have any suggestions or remarks you can write to (Bug reports are welcome too) Jorrit Tyberghein Hepmansbossen 31 3990 Meerhout BELGIUM WARNING: If you want to use this utility you must have Arp 1.3 or later. ConvTab is reexecutable so you can use it with ARes, Resident, ... ConvTab is not reentrable, so you will get a warning from ARes or Resident if you try to use this program twice at the same time. Syntax ------ +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Commandline template: | | From/a,To/a,OLDTAB/a,NEWTAB,ANSI/s,NOSTR/s: | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Usage: | | ConvTab [] [ANSI] [NOSTR] | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ : file to convert : converted file : this is the original tab size : specify a new tab size if you want all spaces and tabs in the Source file to be converted to tabs of this new size (if possible). If you don't specify a new tab size, all tabs will be converted too spaces. : normally tabs are converted in such manner, that the layout of the file will look good if you 'type' it on the standard CLI window. In other words, Ansi escape codes are considered to be invisible. But if you have an editor (like CED) which shows full Ansi escape codes, you must specify this option if you want the layout to look good. Of course the layout of this resulting file will probably be faulty on the standard CLI window (or with programs like PPMore and More). : when this option is given, ConvTab will make no conversion in strings ("..." or '...'). This can be useful if you want to convert sources. examples: ConvTab source.c dest.c 3 Convert all tabs to spaces in the file 'source.c'. The file 'dest.c' will contain no tabs. The layout will be the same as in 'source.c' on the standard CLI window, and in some editors if 'source.c' contained no Ansi codes. ConvTab source.c dest.c 3 2 ansi Convert all tabs and spaces to new tabs (size 2). Ansi codes are not invisible. ConvTab source.c prt: 3 8 Print 'source.c'. Whenever there is a tab (size 8) possible, it is generated. ConvTab source.c dest.c 3 3 nostr Convert all spaces in 'source.c' to tabs if possible. The tab size stays the same. Strings are not converted. Note that even if there are no tabs in a file, you must specify an old tab size. If this is the case, simply specify a dummy value. ============================================================================== End of ConvTab 2.1 document ==============================================================================