Cursor/tab character display problem

[( Marc A. Lehmann )]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 08:25:47PM +0100, Gunnar Ritter <Gunnar.Ritter at pluto.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when the cursor is positioned over a tab character, it sometimes
> occupies more place than a single cell. To reproduce, either type
> "<tab><CERASE>" at the beginning of a line or execute the command
> "printf %b '\tsometext\r'; sleep 20". This is with version 4.1 as
> well as with a recent CVS checkout.

Hmm.. and your point being?

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