The 	 works!! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Nat Gross > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Matt Benson wrote: > > >--- Nat Gross > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >wrote: > > > > > >>Hi; > > >>How can I embed a \t within an echo string? > > >>I tried to console and file, with and without > > >>message attribute, to no > > >>avail. > > > > > >I believe this is an XML thing. You might find > an XML > > >parser that would preserve a hard tab character > in a > > >buildfile, but as I understand it the tab > character is > > >not defined in XML so the behavior of (e.g. > Xerces) is > > >to interpret it as a space. That what appears to > be > > >happening when I run: > > > > > ><project> > > > <echo message="foo bar" /> > > > <!-- that was a tab between foo and bar > > > but my HTML form-based e-mail won't let > > > me do it ;) --> > > ></project> > > > > > >Can you just use several spaces? You could even > do: > > > > > ><property name="tab" value=" " /> > > >and use ${tab} wherever you want... > > > > > Neat idea. Thanks. > > -nat > > > > >-Matt > > > > > >>Thanks, > > >>-nat > > > > Alternately, if you really want a tab character, I > think you should be able to use the XML character > entity for tab: > <property name="tab" value=" "> > > Kajsa Anderson > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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