untabify en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + tabify.
Meanings
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(transitive) To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.
1998, Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set, volume 2:The untabify command works on a region.
1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| untabified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untabified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| untabifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| untabifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |