Subject: configuring pico

From: Oleg Kokotovic <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:51:23 +1100 (EST)

hi everyone!
i love using pine and pico as the preferred editor (on a unix platform).
however, i do need to set the tab size to 4 (for work purposes). i was
just wondering if there was any way to do this, as i cannot find any
similar configure commands on pine/pico. any help on this would be greatly
appreciated. thank you.
ps. i know how to do it in vi, but i hate vi and any clones/associates.

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From: Norbert Koch <[email-masked]>
Date: 14 Jan 1998 08:07:21 +0100

>>>On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:51:23 +1100 (EST), Oleg Kokotovic <[email-masked]> said:

 OK> hi everyone!  i love using pine and pico as the preferred editor
 OK> (on a unix platform).  however, i do need to set the tab size to
 OK> 4 (for work purposes). i was just wondering if there was any way
 OK> to do this, as i cannot find any similar configure commands on
 OK> pine/pico. any help on this would be greatly appreciated. thank
 OK> you.  ps. i know how to do it in vi, but i hate vi and any
 OK> clones/associates.

Hi, just a guess after a glance ...

the only fast solution I've found is a recompile (hmpf) after a change
of the following line ...

mswin.c:8253:#define TAB_SIZE       8

maybe you could send in a patch making the variable user definable :-)

l8er, norbert.

-- 
Norbert Koch
a rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing!

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From: Oleg Kokotovic <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:19:33 +1100 (EST)

> maybe you could send in a patch making the variable user definable :-)

thank you for your reply, norbert. this was bout the only thing that i
could come up with, though i must add i hadnt had an idea where to
start/what to edit. my proficiency is not as great as i would like it to
be, though creating a patch that would make this value user-definable
(preferrably somewhere in the main menu) would be a GREAT idea. im not
very versed in diff files or such either, nor have i the technical
expertise to do anything of the likes. perhaps there are any takers????
thanks again,
Oleg