On Nov 01, 2015, at 01:22, Russell B <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been trying to convert a Word doc with lots of wonky tab spaces. I > thought I would fix it by a cut and paste into BBEdit but no luck, the same > odd spacing appears in BBEdit. ______________________________________________________________________
Hey Russell, It looks to me like you're mistaking fixed-width tabs for flexible ones. In a Word document you should be able to select a segment of text and use the ruler to adjust the width of a given tab stop to make them even. As Damian mentioned you should always turn on 'Show Invisibles' when investigating these sorts of issues. Your sample document plainly shows that fixed-width tabs cannot cope with your enumeration due to its significantly varied widths. You would have to use two tabs in the first two lines to even them up. One of the pitfalls of variable-width fonts is they frequently can't be made to line up neatly, so using spaces to do so might not work perfectly with a non-monospaced font. That said you can convert tab-delimited text into a fairly neat table in BBEdit with a simple text-filter. #! /usr/bin/env bash column -t -s ' ' -- Best Regards, Chris -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
