untabification

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noun

The process of untabifying.

Opposite
tabification
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Meanings

noununtabification (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe process of untabifying.

    It makes untabification a bit easier, since you can do it all at once with the simple sequence C-x h ESC x untabify RETURN.

    1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 221
    1 more example

    Well, _if_ you're going to do untabification, I guess it's best to keep it separate, but ... I think in general it's a very bad idea to make widespread source changes for purely cosmetic reasons[…]

    2007, Miles Bader, “untabify Lisp sources”, in gnus.ding (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
tabification

Origin

From un- + tabification.

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Cite this entry
APA

untabification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabification

MLA

“untabification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabification. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untabification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabification.

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