Subject: bug#73951: 29.4; 'what-cursor-position' reports SPC instead of TAB in term-mode

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:47:17 +0300

> From: Toomas Rosin <[email-masked]>
> cc: [email-masked]
> Comments: In-reply-to Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
>    message dated "Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:40:57 +0300."
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:00:08 +0300
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > > Start: emacs -Q
> > > Type: M-x term RET
> > > On Emacs prompt "Run program: /bin/bash", type: RET
> > > The *terminal* buffer appears.
> > > On Bash prompt, type: echo 'a TAB b' RET
> 
> Sorry, I forgot C-v: i.e., type: echo 'a C-v TAB b' RET

OK, so why is it a problem that Emacs uses SPC character to emulate a
TAB?