# .set tabs command

The .set tabs command clears previous
tab stops and specifies tab stop locations at specified column position.

## Syntax

```
.set tabs tabstop{,tabstop...}
```

## Parameter(s)

| tabstop | (up to 30) The tab stops must be greater than 0 and in increasing order. They indicate tab stop positions relative to the left margin. |
| --- | --- |

## Description

Tabs are only in effect in nofill
mode. The left angle bracket is the left-tab character that causes
the next word to start at the next tab position. The right angle bracket
is the right-tab character that causes the next word to end at the
next tab position. If a tab character displays at a point in the line
where no further tab stops have been set, the tab character is ignored.

## See also

- [< function](https://d3codex.com/runoff/less-than-function/)
- [.lx command](https://d3codex.com/runoff/dot-lx-command/)
- [.nofill command (Runoff)](https://d3codex.com/runoff/dot-nofill-command-runoff/)
- [> function](https://d3codex.com/runoff/greater-than-function/)
- [c command (Editor processor)](https://d3codex.com/editor/c-command-editor-processor/)
- [Runoff commands](https://d3codex.com/runoff/runoff-commands/)
- [tabs command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/tabs-command/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/runoff/dot-set-tabs-command/ - part of the D3Codex reference.