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When pasting text that contains tabstops the tabstops get replaced by 4 spaces. Where can I turn that off?

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Yhoko
Yhoko
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1) Copy a tabstop 2) Paste it twice 3) At least one tabstop was replaced by 4 spaces

Works every time I try. Problem appears /only/ in Firefox.

1) Copy a tabstop 2) Paste it twice 3) At least one tabstop was replaced by 4 spaces Works every time I try. Problem appears /only/ in Firefox.

Modified by Yhoko

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Yhoko
Yhoko Question owner
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Just to let you know: I reverted back to 3.6.8 and everything works again.

Now I won't update for a while!

Modified by Yhoko

Yhoko
Yhoko Question owner
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The problem seems to be solved in 3.6.13.