[sr #110582] Bug comments should display tab characters conventionally

[Dave]

URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?110582>

                 Summary: Bug comments should display tab characters
conventionally
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: barx
            Submitted on: Sun 12 Dec 2021 07:08:51 PM CST
                Category: Savannah trackers - bugs, tasks, etc.
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
        Operating System: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Tab characters in bug comments do not behave the way users are used to tabs
behaving in most other contexts.

In regular text, tabs are displayed as single spaces:

a       g
abc     g
abcdef  g

In verbatim text, they are displayed at a fixed width rather than making the
things after them align:

a       g
abc     g
abcdef  g

In both cases the tabs display as expected in the textbox when entering the
comment, but not when it's previewed or rendered.

In verbatim text especially, which often includes code snippets (where tabs
are sometimes used to align elements), it seems tabs ought to display the way
they do in most terminals and text editors.

Thanks for considering this.




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