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untabify

untabify verb: to reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.

Verb

untabify (third-person singular simple present untabifies, present participle untabifying, simple past and past participle untabified)

  1. (transitive) To reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
    • The untabify command works on a region.1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221
    • The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.1998, Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set, volume 2

Antonyms of untabify

Forms of untabify

third-person singular presentuntabifies
present participleuntabifying
past participleuntabified
pastuntabified

Origin of untabify

From un- + tabify.

Questions about untabify

What does untabify mean?
Untabify means to reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
What part of speech is untabify?
Untabify is a verb.
What is the past tense of untabify?
The past tense of untabify is untabified.

Words near untabify in the dictionary

  1. untabbed
  2. untabernacled
  3. untabification
  4. untabified
  5. untabifies
  6. untabify
  7. untabifying
  8. untableclothed
  9. untabled
  10. untabooed
  11. untabulatable

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