NetBSD Problem Report #7958

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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 02:24:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: VaX#n8 <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com>
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To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: indent(1) could use a tab-aware flag for line wrap
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>Number:         7958
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       indent doesn't wrap properly with tab != 1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 11 00:35:00 +0000 1999
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Fri Feb 11 22:20:00 +0000 2022
>Originator:     VaX#n8
>Release:        classified
>Organization:
extreme to the point of being neurotic

>Environment:
classified

>Description:
Program indent(1) is handy with the C code and a hit with the ladies.
However, it produces code which will not fit on my punch-cards if tab
expansion is performed in any way.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ echo 'main () { i am a contrived sentence designed to fool the vexing mr. indent am i not clever } ' > /tmp/foo
$ indent /tmp/foo /tmp/bar
$ cat /tmp/bar
main()
{
        i am a contrived sentence designed to fool the vexing mr.indent am i not clever
}
$ od -c /tmp/bar
0000000    m   a   i   n   (   )  \n   {  \n  \t   i       a   m       a
0000020        c   o   n   t   r   i   v   e   d       s   e   n   t   e
0000040    n   c   e       d   e   s   i   g   n   e   d       t   o    
0000060    f   o   o   l       t   h   e       v   e   x   i   n   g    
0000100    m   r   .   i   n   d   e   n   t       a   m       i       n
0000120    o   t       c   l   e   v   e   r  \n   }  \n                
0000134

>Fix:
One fix would add a switch to make the column-counter aware of horizontal
position, implicitly assuming some value for the tab stops.  Sigh.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
From: Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/7958
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:19:31 +0100

 Just a short status update: Even in 2022, NetBSD indent(1) still doesn't
 wrap overly long lines, no matter whether tabs or spaces are used for
 indentation.

 See tests/usr.bin/indent/opt_l.c and tests/usr.bin/indent/opt_lpl.c for
 a demonstration.

>Unformatted:

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