Cursor/tab character display problem

[Gunnar Ritter]

<pcg( Marc)@goof(A.).(Lehmann )com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 08:25:47PM +0100, Gunnar Ritter <Gunnar.Ritter at pluto.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> > 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?

The cursor should occupy one single character cell as usual. Or, from
another point of view, the cursor should look the same after erasing
a tab as it was looking before the tab was typed.

	Gunnar