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Tabs are not of consistent length. A tab does not insert X spaces worth of whitespace. A tab moves the cursor to the next tab-stop. There can still be alignmen
by Aaargh20318 5y ago
Tabs are not of consistent length. A tab does not insert X spaces worth of whitespace. A tab moves the cursor to the next tab-stop.
There can still be alignment issues if different people choose different tab-stop intervals.
- FriedrichN 5y agoThat's why tabs are used for indentation and not alignment. From col 0 on tabs are consistent.