[bug #22179] Inconsistent (and confusing) Tab behaviour

[John <INVALID NOREPLY gnu org>]

URL:
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                 Summary: Inconsistent (and confusing) Tab behaviour
                 Project: GNU Midnight Commander
            Submitted by: jcoppens
            Submitted on: Wednesday 01/30/2008 at 15:52
                Category: Editor
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.6.2-pre1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Try this

-Take a line which starts at the left margin. Press Tab.
-Go back to the margin with cursor left(notice the ASCII code,
 0x20, which is confusing, as moving one position with the 
 cursor jumps 4 columns)
-Press Tab again. Now you have 2 'magic spaces', each 4 columns
 wide (0x20's).

On another line, Tab twice at the beginning without going back.
Go back now and you have a real Tab (0x09)! Strange...

Also, with the 'magic spaces', there is no way I can delete
just one column (one space of the 4), which is very
uncomfortable.

Admittedly, the real tab is marked with '<' at the beginning
of the line. I believe it's the 'magic space' that should be
marked as abnormal, not the Tab. Why not simply change the 
background color of spaces (particularly begin-of-line spaces)?

But these (obscure) features are what motivate
me to stick with my external JOE.

John





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