Re: <TAB> tag

Dave Raggett (dsr@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 26 Apr 95 12:18:39 EDT

> Why is the same element used for the tabstop specification and the tab
> alignment?

> Why can't we have a separate element for a tabstop specification? A
> new element for the tabstop (perhaps called TABSTOP or TABSPEC) could
> be split off of the current TAB element (leaving TAB to just indicate
> where tabular alignment should occur).

This seems reasonable to me. If no one objects, I will make this
distinction (TABSTOP/TAB) in the next revision to the I-D.

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