Sets the tab stop boundary in effect. When the
Tab key is pressed, the cursor advances
n spaces to position itself on the next specified tab position.
Syntax:
>>-.---.----.----SOURCETABSTOP-"number"-.----><
+-/-+ +-NO-SOURCETABSTOP----------+
Parameters:
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number
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A number between 1-255
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Properties:
| Default:
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SOURCETABSTOP"4" (IDE default) or SOURCETABSTOP"8" (command line default) |
| Phase:
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Syntax check
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| $SET:
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Initial
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Comments:
Setting NO-SOURCETABSTOP stops spaces being inserted when a tab is encountered. This is useful if you have embedded a tab in a literal and require the literal to retain the value x"09".
Visual Studio inserts tab characters when the tab key is pressed.
