Message 238392 - Python tracker

Message238392

Author	martin.panter
Recipients	Martin Sekera, arigo, ezio.melotti, martin.panter, pitrou, r.david.murray
Date	2015-03-18.09:36:51
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Message-id	<1426671412.22.0.516518036743.issue23441@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I think it would really depend on the particular terminal. Sakura (a Unix terminal using the VTE library, like Gnome Terminal) copied the tab literally: $ printf 'tab\ttab\|sp sp\n' tab tab\|sp sp <== COPIED $ hexdump -C tab tab\|sp sp <== PASTED 00000000 74 61 62 09 74 61 62 7c 73 70 20 20 20 73 70 0a \|tab.tab\|sp sp.\| 00000010

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I think it would really depend on the particular terminal. Sakura (a Unix terminal using the VTE library, like Gnome Terminal) copied the tab literally:

$ printf 'tab\ttab|sp   sp\n'
tab	tab|sp   sp  <== COPIED
$ hexdump -C
tab	tab|sp   sp  <== PASTED
00000000  74 61 62 09 74 61 62 7c  73 70 20 20 20 73 70 0a  |tab.tab|sp   sp.|
00000010

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