SOURCETABSTOP

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:

number

A number between 1-255

Properties:

Default:	SOURCETABSTOP"4" (IDE default) or SOURCETABSTOP"8" (command line default)
Phase:	Syntax check
$SET:	Initial

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.

COBSQL supports SOURCETABSTOP set to a value of 8 only.