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Re: convert text mit tab stops to table

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Am 21.05.2012 12:52, schrieb ekkardgerlach:
> Hi,
> any tool available to convert a ascii-text with tab stops to a table
> according to tabs?
>
> a2ps considers tab stops but squeezes two short text sections with two
> tabs to  *one* column. I need a strict a conversion to a table where any
> tab stop starts a new column.
>
> The aim is a postscript file that is printable.

I'd use tbl/groff.

Janis

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convert text mit tab stops to table ekkardgerlach <egerlach@aiai.de> - 2012-05-21 12:52 +0200
  Re: convert text with tab stops to table ekkardgerlach <egerlach@aiai.de> - 2012-05-21 12:54 +0200
  Re: convert text mit tab stops to table Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-21 14:05 +0200
  Re: convert text mit tab stops to table The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2012-05-21 13:14 +0100
  Re: convert text mit tab stops to table David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-05-21 15:03 +0200
  Re: convert text mit tab stops to table "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2012-05-22 11:46 +0000
    Re: convert text mit tab stops to table ekkardgerlach <egerlach@aiai.de> - 2012-05-23 10:50 +0200
      Re: convert text mit tab stops to table Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2012-05-23 12:48 +0200
        Re: convert text mit tab stops to table ekkardgerlach <egerlach@aiai.de> - 2012-05-23 14:21 +0200

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