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Answer by The Empty String Photographer for What is a vertical tab?

I tried this code:print("hello\vbanana")on the Python 3.10.11 IDLE and got:hellobananaThen, I tried the same code in the command prompt and got:hellobananaSo in some places, it renders as a weird...

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Answer by merce_00 for What is a vertical tab?

I have found that the VT char is used in pptx text boxes at the end of each line shown in the box in oder to adjust the text to the size of the box.It seems to be automatically generated by powerpoint...

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Answer by James for What is a vertical tab?

In the medical industry, VT is used as the start of frame character in the MLLP/LLP/HLLP protocols that are used to frame HL-7 data, which has been a standard for medical exchange since the late 80s...

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Answer by Seawolf409 for What is a vertical tab?

A vertical tab was the opposite of a line feed i.e. it went upwards by one line. It had nothing to do with tab positions. If you want to prove this, try it on an RS232 terminal.

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Answer by Jack James for What is a vertical tab?

The ASCII vertical tab (\x0B)is still used in some databases and file formats as a new line WITHIN a field. For example:In the .mer file format to allow new lines within a data field,FileMaker...

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Answer by wescpy for What is a vertical tab?

Similar to R0byn's experience (answer now hidden), I was experimenting with a Powerpoint slide presentation and dumped out the main body of text on the slide, finding that all the places where one...

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Answer by mtk for What is a vertical tab?

I believe it's still being used, not sure exactly. There might be even a key combination of it.As English is written Left to Right, Arabic Right to Left, there are languages in world that are also...

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Answer by dan04 for What is a vertical tab?

Microsoft Word uses VT as a line separator in order to distinguish it from the normal new line function, which is used as a paragraph separator.

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Answer by Alex Essilfie for What is a vertical tab?

It was used during the typewriter era to move down a page to the next vertical stop, typically spaced 6 lines apart (much the same way horizontal tabs move along a line by 8 characters).In modern day...

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Answer by BillThor for What is a vertical tab?

Vertical tab was used to speed up printer vertical movement. Some printers used special tab belts with various tab spots. This helped align content on forms. VT to header space, fill in header, VT to...

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What is a vertical tab?

What was the original historical use of the vertical tab character (\v in the C language, ASCII 11)?Did it ever have a key on a keyboard? How did someone generate it?Is there any language or system...

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