>> In the info file I read the following about `@example`.
>>
>> Caution: Do not use tabs in the lines of an example! (Or
>> anywhere else in Texinfo, except in verbatim environments.) TeX
>> treats tabs as single spaces, and that is not what they look
>> like.
>>
>> However, this is not fully correct. Consider the following input
>> file.
>>
>> ```
>> \input texinfo
>>
>> @example
>> no leading space
>> leading tab another tab
>> eight leading spaces
>> @end example
>>
>> @bye
>> ```
>>
>> If processed with `texi2pdf`, the leading tab vanishes completely (as
>> shown in the image); it is not treated as a single space.
>
> Where does it say that _every_ tab is treated as a single space?
My report talks about `@example` environments, which displays leading
spaces. If tabs are treated as single spaces, *of course* I do expect
that these single spaces are displayed.
I don't see an alternate interpretation of the sentence 'TeX treats
tabs as single spaces [...]'. This is formulated in an absolute way,
so yes, it means *every* space according to my book.
Note that I actually don't care about TeX's behaviour with respect to
tabs in `@example` environments. I just want to point out that the
implementation is not in sync with the documentation.
Werner
