removeUselessSpaces doesn't work with tabs
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	Dvorapa
	Oct 25 2017, 9:58 PM

Description

Steps to reproduce

Find or create a page with e.g. heading == Something == (== Something ==<tab><tab><tab>...)
Run cosmetic changes on it (or whatever with cosmetic turned on in prefs)

Expected behavior
These tabs should be removed by removeUselessSpaces in cosmetic changes

Current behavior
Nothing happens to them

Configuration
Python 3.6.2, Pywikibot core master latest commit

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	[bugfix][TEST] cc: Get removeUselessSpaces working with tabs	pywikibot/core	master	+4 -1

I am wondering how tabs could be created inside wikitext.

In T179043#3712096, @Xqt wrote:

I am wondering how tabs could be created inside wikitext.

I know some users of cswiki are using some external editor (e.g. notepad) and then just copy the text to wiki.

Shouldn't this be solved upstream?

In T179043#3718569, @Xqt wrote:

Shouldn't this be solved upstream?

You mean when copypasting to wikitext editor?

@Dvorapa: Yes, while saving the page.

Maybe, yes. MW devs attitude may be negative to this (I know them), but this issue seems like more upstream one.

Change 387938 had a related patch set uploaded (by Framawiki; owner: Framawiki):
[pywikibot/core@master] Get removeUselessSpaces working with tabs

Change 387938 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] [bugfix][TEST] cc: Get removeUselessSpaces working with tabs

Xqt closed this task as Resolved.Nov 2 2017, 7:19 AM