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Reformat vs Untabify - What's the difference?

reformat | untabify |

As verbs the difference between reformat and untabify

is that reformat is while untabify is (computing) to reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.

reformat

English

Verb

  • To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
    • We had to reformat the computer's hard disk to get rid of the virus.
    Let's reformat that text to make it easier to read.
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    untabify

    English

    Verb

  • (computing) To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
  • * 1996 , Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs (page 221)
    • The untabify command works on a region.
  • * 1998 , Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set (volume 2)
    • The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.

    Antonyms

    * tabify