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  • Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcQQ==?= dispute over the TAB key highlights a mismatch between Microsoft and IBM organizational =?UTF-8?B?c3RydWN0dXJlc+KAnQ==?= by Raymond Chen

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.lang.c on Sun Jun 7 02:40:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c

    On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:00:58 -0500, BGB wrote:

    On 5/8/2026 4:25 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 8 May 2026 07:57:44 +0100, Graham J wrote:

    I like mine to emulate a real typewriter - so the tab key moves to
    the next tab position - usually a multiple of 8 spaces.

    Real typewriters let you set the tab positions.

    What if we had a keyboard where carriage-return involved hitting a
    handle above the keyboard and pushing it left ...

    Really?? You have seen or used such a machine?? IrCOve never heard of
    one.
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  • From Bart@bc@freeuk.com to comp.lang.c on Sun Jun 7 10:46:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c

    On 07/06/2026 03:40, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:00:58 -0500, BGB wrote:

    On 5/8/2026 4:25 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 8 May 2026 07:57:44 +0100, Graham J wrote:

    I like mine to emulate a real typewriter - so the tab key moves to
    the next tab position - usually a multiple of 8 spaces.

    Real typewriters let you set the tab positions.

    What if we had a keyboard where carriage-return involved hitting a
    handle above the keyboard and pushing it left ...

    Really?? You have seen or used such a machine?? IrCOve never heard of
    one.

    Neither have I. Usually you push it right.

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  • From Richard Harnden@richard.nospam@gmail.invalid to comp.lang.c on Sun Jun 7 12:44:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.c

    On 07/06/2026 10:46, Bart wrote:
    On 07/06/2026 03:40, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:00:58 -0500, BGB wrote:

    On 5/8/2026 4:25 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    On Fri, 8 May 2026 07:57:44 +0100, Graham J wrote:

    I like mine to emulate a real typewriter - so the tab key moves to
    the next tab position - usually a multiple of 8 spaces.

    Real typewriters let you set the tab positions.

    What if we had a keyboard where carriage-return involved hitting a
    handle above the keyboard and pushing it left ...

    Really?? You have seen or used such a machine?? IrCOve never heard of
    one.

    Neither have I. Usually you push it right.


    The handle if on the left and you push it to the right, so that the
    platter is all the way to the right and the next hammer srike is on the leftmost column of the paper.

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