tabify en · VERB
Etymology
From tab + -ify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
You can only tabify source code
1999, Michael Amundsen, Practical Visual InterDev 6:A common use of this program is to tabify text files which you've loaded in over the phone from a computer system (like UNIX) that tends to turn all tabs into spaces for 300 baud DEC writers.
1985, Terry A. Ward, Applied programming techniques in C:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tabified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tabified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| tabifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| tabifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |