Re: [PATCH] diff.tcl: fixed alignment of tabs in git-gui diff by using spaces

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Jan 26, 2026, 12:15 UTC
Message-ID: <01d0faaf-99fb-42a4-befd-bb7f359809bc@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2179.git.git.1769424301394.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Am 26.01.26 um 11:45 schrieb Chris Idema via GitGitGadget:

> From: Chris Idema <github_chris_idema@proton.me>
> 
> Tabs were not properly rendered in TK regardless of tab width settings.

Sorry, I cannot reproduce what I read into this sentence. When I change the "Tab spacing" option in the Options dialog, the display changes to the specified tab width. I'm using Tcl/Tk 8.6.

> Converting tab alignment to spaces before rendering in TK fixes this.

Do "Stage Line/Hunk for Commit" still work after this conversion?

-- Hannes

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