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On Sunday January 4, 2015 ouhker said:

suggestion on internet
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Several people have already mentioned to me that having to remember to
say "notabs" very time a file is saved is a pain.
I agree (although I can't help pointing out that most of the problem would be gone
if Epson had handled runs of tab characters properly).
What follows is a patch that may be applied to pe.exe to permanently disable compressing
runs of blanks to tabs. The syntax of the File and Save commands is not changed;
but effectively "nottabs" wi11 always be enabled when writing files.
The notabs option of the Edit command remains unchanged.
1. On a work disk, rename 'pe.exe' to 'xx'.
2. Enter 'debug xx',
3. Enter 'u70f2'. DEBUG should reply as follows :
MOV W,[BP-12],0009
JP 70FE
MOV W,[BP-12],3FFF
MOV [F05C]
If the output you get is different, do not continue.
4. Enter 'u70f5'. When DEBUG replies '09.', type 'ff '
Don't forget the space after ff. DEBUG will output '00'.
Type '3f' and enter.
5. Enter 'u 70f2'. DEBUG should reply:
MOV W,[BP-12],3FFF
JP 70FE
MOV W,,3FFF
t1DV DX,
If the output you get is different, do not continue.
b. Enter 'w'.
7. Enter 'q' to exit DEBUG.
8. Rename xx to pe.exe'.