In emacs, M-x set-variable tab-width N where N is wider than your widest column datum should work, unless I'm not understanding what you mean by displaying tabs in columns. If you don't want all the columns displaying the same width, use M-x edit-tab-stops to customize them.<br>
<br>Then there's SES mode, a spreadsheet written in emacs, which I've never used and probably never will, but it's always fun to try to think of some application that couldn't or hasn't been written in emacs and then get surprised to find it has.<br>
<br>Stuart.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM, John Lange <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@johnlange.ca">john@johnlange.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks to those that suggested "sc". It however does not appear to be<br>
supported or developed any longer and there are no SUSE packages for it.<br>
I could compile it but ultimately I need something that will work in<br>
production so I'd rather avoid that.<br>
<br>
Stuart suggested vi or emacs but I could not get either of them to<br>
display tabs in columns.<br>
<br>
I also tried 'joe', and 'nano'. No luck.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
</font><div class="im">John Lange<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 16:44 -0600, Stuart Williams wrote:<br>
> vi<br>
> emacs<br>
> etc.<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Lange <<a href="mailto:john@johnlange.ca">john@johnlange.ca</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> I have a very wide "tab delimited" file that I need to edit in<br>
> an ssh<br>
> console.<br>
><br>
> I've been downloading it, editing it with OpenOffice, then<br>
> re-uploading<br>
> it but aside from being tedious, that isn't always possible if<br>
> I don't<br>
> have my laptop handy.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a curses based<br>
> program that<br>
> would make my life easier? I have no requirements other than<br>
> editing and<br>
> preserving the file's tab structure in columns. If it can keep<br>
> the top<br>
> row (the column labels) in view while editing that would be a<br>
> bonus.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> John Lange<br>
> <a href="http://www.johnlange.ca" target="_blank">http://www.johnlange.ca</a><br>
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