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29.4; 'what-cursor-position' reports SPC instead of TAB in term-mode

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Toomas Rosin <toomas <at> rosin.ee>
Cc: 73951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73951: 29.4; 'what-cursor-position' reports SPC instead of TAB in term-mode
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:47:17 +0300

> From: Toomas Rosin <toomas <at> rosin.ee>
> cc: 73951 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Comments: In-reply-to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>    message dated "Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:40:57 +0300."
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:00:08 +0300
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> 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?

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