From 14a3ec2301dfb70d6a6b0ea75c4eebfe6582bb31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleteoryx <alyx@aleteoryx.me>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 01:52:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] always log tabs to disk scrollback

---
 src/common/text.c | 23 +++++------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/common/text.c b/src/common/text.c
index a77700fa359784e757e7fffe48db0b5ae894da5b..7c3d02b940eafdd61252a5ee686995a0788e8f3b 100644
--- a/src/common/text.c
+++ b/src/common/text.c
@@ -1735,6 +1735,10 @@ load_text_events ()
 */
 #define ARG_FLAG(argn) (1 << (argn))
 
+
+/* tab stripping is handled in fe_print_text, so I have omitted it here.
+   this ensures scrollback will display correctly when prefs.hex_text_indent
+   is toggled. */
 void
 format_event (session *sess, int index, char **args, char *o, gsize sizeofo, unsigned int stripcolor_args)
 {
@@ -1796,12 +1800,6 @@ format_event (session *sess, int index, char **args, char *o, gsize sizeofo, uns
 			o[oi++] = 0;
 			done_all = TRUE;
 			continue;
-		case 3:
-			if (prefs.hex_text_indent)
-				o[oi++] = '\t';
-			else
-				o[oi++] = ' ';
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 	o[oi] = 0;
@@ -1906,18 +1904,7 @@ pevt_build_string (const char *input, char **output, int *max_arg)
 		}
 		if (d == 't')
 		{
-			/* Tab - if tabnicks is set then write '\t' else ' ' */
-			s = g_new (struct pevt_stage1, 1);
-			if (base == NULL)
-				base = s;
-			if (last != NULL)
-				last->next = s;
-			last = s;
-			s->next = NULL;
-			s->data = g_malloc (1);
-			s->len = 1;
-			clen += 1;
-			s->data[0] = 3;
+			o[oi++] = '\t'; // see format_event
 
 			continue;
 		}