40207 - Mozilla prints tabs in HTML source

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect, P3)

Description

[Neil Conway]

When Mozilla prints HTML pages, the output includes 'tabs' as 4 (?) spaces - the
exact number is tough to tell on a sheet of paper.

I expected Mozilla to print the HTML exactly like Gecko renders it - with tabs
as a single space, according to the rest of the HTML formatting rules.

The URL above is just an example of this effect - if you look at the source
HTML, you'll see after some of the variables (e.g. '$close_msg', '$log_path'),
there's a tab in the source. This tab shows up in the printed version.

I'm runing the May 21 daily build on Debian GNU/Linux. Feel free to contact me
if you need more info.

Comment 1

[Neil Conway]

(Better title) - can someone confirm this?

Comment 2

[shrirang khanzode]

confirmed this (2000052309)

Comment 3

[dcone (gone)]

Is this confirmed just on Linux.. I don't see any problem on Windows NT.

Comment 4

[shrirang khanzode]

Yes, this is fine on mac and windows. Seen only on linux. 

Comment 5

[dcone (gone)]

This bug has been marked future because we have determined that it is not 
critical for netscape 6.0.  If you feel this is an error, or if it blocks your 
work in some way -- please attach your concern to the bug for reconsideration.

Comment 6

[shrirang khanzode]

spam : changing qa to sujay (new qa contact for Printing)

Comment 7

[Roland Mainz]

The example URL isn't valid anymore.
Does anyone has another testcase for this ?

Comment 8

[Kenneth Herron]

The testcase is no longer accessible, as noted in the previous comment. I tried
to construct a testcase from scratch, but mozilla formatted text the same
whether I used tabs or spaces.

Resolving invalid because no valid test case is available.