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>$ echo -e "a\tb"
>a                                                             b
>
>the 'b' will show up at the last column of my terminal window, no matter
>how wide I set it. It has been like that for years, and affect only
>terminal, not xterm.

Two possible answers:

Use the "tabs" command, for example "tabs -8". This will not work on all terminals, however.
Tell the tty driver to fake it: "stty tab3". This will always work, but will slow down already slow (e.g., 110 baud ;-) connections.

Ken Pizzini