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by david2ndaccount 408 days ago
Tabs are a control character and have no business being in a text file. Do you use ascii record separator characters too?
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> Do you use ascii record separator characters too?

The only reason I don't use them is because nothing supports/expects/shows them. The alternate history where we properly use them is a world where CSV isn't needed and we're better off for it.

No, but I do use Line Feed and Carriage Return.
Galaxy brain: indent using U+001F Unit Separator
What an absurd statement.