Title: [Plugin: Codestyling Localization] Problem with encoded tab character
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Codestyling Localization] Problem with encoded tab character

 *  Resolved [Alexander Gieg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexgieg/)
 * (@alexgieg)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/)
 * I noticed a bug that I think is related to [my previously reported one](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-bug-when-original-string-ends-in-apostrophe).
   Sometimes an original string has an encoded tab character `\t`. If I try including
   it in the translation, CSL converts it to `\\t`, causing a literal slash-followed-
   by-t to be output rather than the actual tab character. The workaround is to 
   not include it, causing pure textual output to become misaligned.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/)

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 *  Plugin Author [codestyling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codestyling/)
 * (@codestyling)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/#post-3057394)
 * Please provide a code snippet out of!
    It dependends on how it’s done.
 *  Thread Starter [Alexander Gieg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexgieg/)
 * (@alexgieg)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/#post-3057401)
 * Sorry for the delay in replying. No, what I meant wasn’t in the code, but in 
   the editing. For example, let’s say an original string is like this (I’ll type[
   tab] where a tab character should appear:
 * `[tab]Something something something.`
 * This appears in the CSL translatable string as:
 * `\tSomething something something.`
 * So, I translated it by typing these exact characters:
 * `\tTranslated text translated text.`
 * And save. But CSL, instead of storing the typed ‘\t’ as a tab character, saves
   it as a slash-followed-by-a-t, meaning internally it becomes this:
 * `\\tTranslated text translated text.`
 * And thus, when WordPress finally displays this string, it appears in the rendered
   output as:
 * `\tTranslated text translated text.`
 * And not as it should, which would be:
 * `[tab]Translated text translated text.`
 * The workaround then is to translate this:
 * `\tSomething something something.`
 * To this:
 * `Translated text translated text.`
 * What causes the output on, for example, `pre`-wrapped sections, to become misaligned.
   Or maybe to this:
 * `        Something something something.`
 * Which, although it’ll appear right, isn’t semantically the same.
 * I hope this helps!
 *  Plugin Author [codestyling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codestyling/)
 * (@codestyling)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/#post-3057403)
 * This is a known bug, not yet solved. The WordPress main file contains also a \
   t character but doesn’t meen [TAB] with it.
    It’s not that easy to solve this
   at all occurances, will be handled with later updates. Next update will fix some
   bugs introduced during WP 3.5 compatibility.
 *  Plugin Author [codestyling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codestyling/)
 * (@codestyling)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/#post-3057410)
 * Improved TAB charactor handling won’t make it into 1.x versions from now on because
   the 2.0 reaches beta state soon. This will be handled with scope of 2.0 version
   only.

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 * Last reply from: [codestyling](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codestyling/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-codestyling-localization-problem-with-encoded-tab-character/#post-3057410)
 * Status: resolved