On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:56:52 +0200, Martijn van Duren wrote: > When adding a TRACE() I see that that case is only called incidentally > and /<tab> works for me as is. However, it still doesn't work when > in command-mode (e.g. ":%s/<tab>/ /g" still requires ^V escape). > > So either I'm not clear on which case this is trying to solve or it > doesn't work as advertised.
There is a local change we have that requires ^V before <tab> in command mode. However, without this change you cannot search for a literal tab via /<tab> or ?<tab> when expandtab is set. - todd
