"tabify" meaning in English

See tabify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tabifies [present, singular, third-person], tabifying [participle, present], tabified [participle, past], tabified [past]
Etymology: tab + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tab|ify}} tab + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} tabify (third-person singular simple present tabifies, present participle tabifying, simple past and past participle tabified)
  1. (transitive, computing) To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: Tabs vs Spaces Debate in Programming

Inflected forms

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