tal: tal (trailer alignment filter) tal: tal: tal is a filter that reads in lines from standard input. The lines tal: are sent to standard output with common trailing characters aligned tal: so that they all begin and end on the same column of text. This can tal: be used to repair 'broken boxes' or align the backslashes on long tal: macro definitions in C programs. But tal will work on any kind of tal: common ending and is especially useful as a filter for the vim text tal: editor. tal: tal: