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     ssppaaccee--ttaabb - handling of literal space characters

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     plain text
     1    x
     22   x
     333  x
     4444 x
     55555     x
     666666    x
     7777777   x
     88888888  x
     999999999 x
     aaaaaaaaaa     x
     bbbbbbbbbbb    x
     cccccccccccc   x
     ddddddddddddd  x
     tab   space
     tab       tab
     space     tab
          tab
               tab
          This line starts with a tab and comes close to the right margin.
          The next line starts with a tab as well.
     ragged display

       1    x
       22   x
       333  x
       4444 x
       55555     x
       666666    x
       7777777   x
       88888888  x
       999999999 x
       aaaaaaaaaa     x
       bbbbbbbbbbb    x
       cccccccccccc   x
       ddddddddddddd  x
       tab   space
       tab       tab
       space     tab
            tab
                 tab
     unfilled display

       1    x
       22   x
       333  x
       4444 x
       55555     x
       666666    x
       7777777   x
       88888888  x
       999999999 x
       aaaaaaaaaa     x
       bbbbbbbbbbb    x
       cccccccccccc   x
       ddddddddddddd  x
       tab   space
       tab       tab
       space     tab
            tab
                 tab
     literal display

       1       x
       22      x
       333     x
       4444    x
       55555   x
       666666  x
       7777777 x
       88888888        x
       999999999       x
       aaaaaaaaaa      x
       bbbbbbbbbbb     x
       cccccccccccc    x
       ddddddddddddd   x
       tab      space
       tab             tab
       space   tab
               tab
                       tab

OpenBSD                          July 4, 2017                          OpenBSD