> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 21:15:10 +0200 > From: Patrice Dumas <pertu...@free.fr> > > This is not important, but in the info code, in info/util.c in the > printed_representation function, which returns a pointer to string that > is the printed representation of character (or other logical unit) if it > were printed at a given screen column. > > l 226 for tab there is a code that I do not understand at all, > *pchars = ((pl_chars + 8) & 0xf8) - pl_chars;
AFAIU, it computes the number of columns to the next tab stop. I suggest to try this with different values of pl_chars.