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Represents the ~T (<a href="Tabulate.html">Tabulate</a>) directive. This
tabulates to a given position in the output using white-space.
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The output is spaced over to a given position, depending on where it
already is and parameters given to this directive.
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  ~colnum,colinc:@T
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with the following interpretations
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<dt><tt>colnum</tt> (1)</dt><dd>column to move to,

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<dt><tt>colinc</tt> (1)</dt><dd>number of columns to space over by if already at or beyond <tt>colnum</tt>,

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<dt>@</dt><dd>performs relative tabulation. <tt>colnum</tt> is treated as the column to
begin from (spacing over to it if necessary), and then moves over to a
column that is the smallest multiple of <tt>colinc</tt>.

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If output is already at or beyond <tt>colnum</tt>, then output is spaced
over to column <em>colnum + k * colinc</em>, for the smallest <em>k</em>
possible. An example of the @ modifiers effect is for the instance of the
~T directive ~3,8@T, which moves over three columns, and then to the first
eight-sized tab-stop.
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<span class="ruby-comment cmt"># File lib/carat/lisp-format.rb, line 1368</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">def</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">execute</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>)
          <span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">param</span>(<span class="ruby-value">0</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>, <span class="ruby-value">1</span>)
          <span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">param</span>(<span class="ruby-value">1</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>, <span class="ruby-value">1</span>)
          <span class="ruby-identifier">padchar</span> = <span class="ruby-value">?\s</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">chr</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">at_mod?</span>
            <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">output</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">padchar</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span>)
            <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">output</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">padchar</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> (<span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">col</span> <span class="ruby-operator">%</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span>))
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">else</span>
            <span class="ruby-keyword kw">if</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">col</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&lt;</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span>
              <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">output</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">padchar</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> (<span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">col</span>))
            <span class="ruby-keyword kw">elsif</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span> <span class="ruby-operator">&gt;</span> <span class="ruby-value">0</span>
              <span class="ruby-identifier">k</span> = <span class="ruby-value">1</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> (<span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">col</span> <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span>) <span class="ruby-operator">/</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span>
              <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">output</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">padchar</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> ((<span class="ruby-identifier">colnum</span> <span class="ruby-operator">+</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">k</span> <span class="ruby-operator">*</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">colinc</span>) <span class="ruby-operator">-</span> <span class="ruby-identifier">state</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">col</span>))
            <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
          <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
        <span class="ruby-keyword kw">end</span>
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