Meanings
verbuntabify (third-person singular simple present untabifies, present participle untabifying, simple past and past participle untabified)
present singular third person untabifies · participle present untabifying · participle past untabified · past untabified
- transitivecomputingTo reformat (text) by converting tab characters into spaces.
The untabify command works on a region.
1996, Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond, Learning GNU Emacs, page 2211 more example
The macro expands the command to untabify an entire document, and not just selected text.
1998, Microsoft Visual Studio Core Reference Set, volume 2
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APA
untabify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabify
MLA
“untabify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untabify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untabify.
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