Tabs expand to predefined tabstops, and are not just "extra wide spaces". This is so they forum justified columns of data like a spreadsheet.

There are a number of control characters, tab included, that print differently in different windows and commands. Debug is another example of this. Though I'm all for additional control over these visualizations, I also accept that Khaled has to strike a simple balance one way or another that most people will find agreeable, even at the expense of us rare nerds.


Well. At least I won lunch.
Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!