filling text that contains tabs

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From: danj1
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 1990 05:49

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When one fills text (say, with M-q (fill-paragraph)) that (to one's
dismay one discovers) contains tabs, one gets the tabs all jumbled
about, ugly like.  Maybe have it do untabify or something first, or ask
the user if it is ok to do untabify or something.

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