Subject: Re: tabs - should we implement like buggy '97, or what?
From: Logan Hall (warrior514@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Dec 06 1999 - 19:20:08 CST
Stephen Hack wrote:
> consider this example
>
> 1<tab>2<tab>3<tab>4<tab>5<tab>6<tab>10101010101010101010
>
> With the top ruler like this (one center tab at 8")
>
> ] <c tab> [
>
> 1 <tab> 2
> <tab> 3
> <tab> 4
> <tab> 5
> <tab> 6
> <tab> 10101010101010101010<tb> |
>
> It will display the 10 10's with the last few off the screen. How should we
> implement this? Allow drawing out into the margins? and off the page?
>
Sounds like a bad idea to me. I would say that maybe we should implement
something where it wraps the text (and possibly align it with the tab too?).
Im not sure exactaly how this should be implemented but i think draying into
the margins or off the page should definatly not be alowed, unless you are
making it a margin note.
>
> -shack
------ Logan Hall
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