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COMPRESS - reduce spaces to tabs

Syntax:
COMPress [target]

Description:
The COMPRESS command reduces multiple occurrences of spaces and replaces them with tab characters in the target lines. The current tab columns (set by SET TABS ) are used in determining where tab characters will replaces spaces.

Compatibility:
XEDIT: Compatible.
KEDIT: Compatible.

See Also:
EXPAND, SET TABS

Status:
Complete.


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Generated on: 15 Aug 2002

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