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VERTICAL TAB is much more puzzling.
by tdeck 5y ago
VERTICAL TAB is much more puzzling.
- mananaysiempre 5y agoDevices that needed to produce output on printed forms would use a physical reference to ensure the text went to the right place. One of the commands a tabulator could give the typewriter it drove was to move the form to the next marked position—a literal tab, or maybe a functional equivalent like a hope in a punched tape. Thus, vertical tab.
- asddubs 5y agointeresting, hadn't heard of it before. Apparently it was primarily for printing purposes https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3380538/what-is-a-vertical-tab https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3380538/what-is-a-vertic...