From: Samir Barjoud <samir AT mindspring DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Why are tabs required in makefiles?
Date: 24 Apr 1999 03:41:45 -0400
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arg AT whangomatic DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk (Andrew R. Gillett) writes:

> But potentially quite inconvenient for some users. If I had been running 
> in pure DOS mode I would have had to reboot into Windows just to put the 
> tab in. Any text editor will let you type a semicolon with no problems, 
> but not all support tabs in this way.

If you must use "edit.com" to write makefiles, hit <CTRL-P> and then
<tab> whenever you need to enter a tab character.

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Samir Barjoud
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