====== Tab Plugin ======

---- plugin ----
description: Inserts 5 non-breaking spaces to 'force' a tab
author     : Juergen_aus_Zuendorf (previous Tim Skoch)
email      : H-J-Schuemmer@Web.de
type       : syntax
lastupdate : 2020-05-14
compatible : 2018-04-22b "Greebo"
depends    :
conflicts  :
similar    : nbsp
tags       : typography

downloadurl: https://github.com/Juergen-aus-Koeln/dokuwiki-plugin-tab/archive/master.zip
bugtracker : https://github.com/Juergen-aus-Koeln/dokuwiki-plugin-tab/issues
sourcerepo : https://github.com/Juergen-aus-Koeln/dokuwiki-plugin-tab/
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===== Description =====

Since one can't really do tabs in HTML, this plugin offers a possibility by the use of non-breaking spaces (nbsp's) instead: 5 nbsp's => 1 tab.


===== Syntax =====

There are two ways to use the plugin:
  - Insert ''<tab>'' into the text.  When DokuWiki parses it, it will replace '<tab>' with 5 spaces.
  - Insert ''<tab#>'' where '#' is a number and defines the quantity of “&nbsp” signs.

Therefore the following both syntax lines are working:

^ Syntax      ^ Result                                                                                           ^
| ''<tab>''   | 5 times "&nbsp;" = 1 tab                                                                         |
| ''<tab2>''  | 2 times "&nbsp;" (where 2 can be each positive integer value, a negative value will be ignored)  |


===== Installation =====

Install the plugin using the [[plugin:plugin|Plugin Manager]] and the download URL above, which points to latest version of the plugin. Refer to [[:Plugins]] on how to install plugins manually.


===== Development =====

The original code was written by Tim Skoch. I have updated it for compatibility to PHP7 and included the possibility proposed by taggic (2011-09-22) to extend the syntax to "<tab2>" (and so on). Finally I have created a repository at github.

The earlier description can be found [[.:tab:old|here]].


=== Change Log ===

  * **2018-02-06**: Last version of Tim Scoch
  * **2020-05-14**: Acquisition and updating by Juergen


=== Known Bugs and Issues ===

Please report bugs or feature requests at the [[https://github.com/Juergen-aus-Koeln/dokuwiki-plugin-tab/issues|Bug tracker]].


===== Discussion =====