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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn index b407255aa..278826ea0 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Tab_delimited_tables_don__39__t_work.mdwn @@ -4,3 +4,17 @@ Table directive should support tab-delimited data, especially important since th 1 2 2 4 """]] + +> They do work, but C-style backslash escapes aren't recognised, +> so the syntax `delimiter="\t"` (as in your test case) looks +> for the literal string `\t`. Replacing `\t` with a literal +> tab character makes it work - here's a test (I changed the data +> to make the table layout more obvious): +> +> [[!table format=dsv delimiter=" " data=""" +left 2 +2 right +alpha beta +"""]] +> +> So, I think this can be considered [[not_a_bug|done]]? --[[smcv]] |