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#### 22.4.10 pprint-tab [Function]

`pprint-tab` kind colnum colinc &optional stream ⇒ nil

#### Arguments and Values::

kind—one of `:line`, `:section`, `:line-relative`, or `:section-relative`.

colnum—a non-negative integer.

colinc—a non-negative integer.

stream—an output stream designator.

#### Description::

Specifies tabbing to stream as performed by the standard `~T` format directive.

If stream is a pretty printing stream and the value of *print-pretty* is true,

tabbing is performed; otherwise, pprint-tab has no effect.

The arguments colnum and colinc correspond to the two parameters to `~T` and are in terms of ems. The kind argument specifies the style of tabbing. It must be one of `:line` (tab as by `~T`), `:section` (tab as by `~:T`, but measuring horizontal positions relative to the start of the dynamically enclosing section), `:line-relative` (tab as by `~@T`), or `:section-relative` (tab as by `~:@T`, but measuring horizontal positions relative to the start of the dynamically enclosing section).

#### Exceptional Situations::

An error is signaled if kind is not one of `:line`, `:section`, `:line-relative`, or `:section-relative`.

#### See Also::

pprint-logical-block