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Untabify vs Untabification - What's the difference?

untabify | untabification |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between untabify and untabification

is that untabify is (computing) to reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces while untabification is (computing) the process of untabifying.

As a verb untabify

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

As a noun untabification is

(computing) the process of untabifying.

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

    untabification

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (computing) The process of untabifying.
  • * 1996 , Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs (page 221)
    • It makes untabification a bit easier, since you can do it all at once with the simple sequence C-x h ESC x untabify RETURN.
  • * 2007 , "Miles Bader", untabify Lisp sources'' (on newsgroup ''gnus.ding )
    • Well, _if_ you're going to do untabification , I guess it's best to keep it separate, but ... I think in general it's a very bad idea to make widespread source changes for purely cosmetic reasons

    Antonyms

    * tabification