I just tested with htmltext. Tab stops are NOT preserved.
Bob S
> On Apr 8, 2019, at 07:55 , Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/7/2019 9:00 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> I take it your have tried:
>>
>> put the rtfText of field "X" into URL
>> ("file:"&specialFolderPath("desktop")&slash&"savedfield.rtf")
>>
>> And then reading it back to a new field with:
>>
>> set the rtfText of field "Y" to URL
>> ("file:"&specialFolderPath("desktop")&slash&"savedfield.rtf")
>>
>> and the tab spacing is not preserved?
>>
>
> If the rtfText does nto preserve the tabstops, the htmlText should preserve
> the tabstops. See the dictionary entry for the htmlText property of a field.
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