On 2008-09-25, Lin Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, it doesn't. At least not in my experience. Are you observing > > this in mail that you send from mutt, or in mail that you read using > > mutt? What are you doing when you observe spaces where you think > > there should be tabs? > > > > I used command "mutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] < patch" to send myself an email. > And then I used mutt "v" and "s" command to save it as a file, say > patch.saved. > > I noticed that all the tabs in file "patch" are replaced by blanks > in "patch.saved". I tested that the "patch" can be applied > correctly but the "patch.saved" can not. Then I manually replaced > all the blanks in "patch.saved" with tabs, and then it can be > applied without an error. > > my muttrc file is only a few lines: > > set send_charset="us-ascii:utf-8" > > set editor="vi" > > set spoolfile=imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:993/INBOX > set folder=imaps://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:993 > > # Default From: > my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the clear description. I can't argue with your observations. I can't replicate them with my setup, though. I created a file containing a paragraph of text indented by tabs and mailed it to myself as you did with your patch. I saved the received message using "v" and "s", also as you did. The tabs were still there. I also saved the message to a new mbox folder, "test_folder", using "s" in the index view, and verified that the tabs were still there. Then I quit that mutt and started a new one like this: mutt -F /dev/null -f test_folder I executed all the configuration commands you listed above. Then I saved the message again using "v" and "s". The tabs are still there. I'm using mutt 1.5.17. I'm afraid I can't help. Maybe someone else on the list can replicate this and/or explain what's going on. Regards, Gary
