From b4aaba2bb0091d50cbb5ef60afd04d4f6bbee456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:41:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] utf8: assume tabs are 8 characters wide when written to
 console

---
 src/basic/utf8.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/basic/utf8.c b/src/basic/utf8.c
index 36f0dc9cfd3..b5711f43001 100644
--- a/src/basic/utf8.c
+++ b/src/basic/utf8.c
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ static int utf8_char_console_width(const char *str) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        if (c == '\t')
+                return 8; /* Assume a tab width of 8 */
+
         /* TODO: we should detect combining characters */
 
         return unichar_iswide(c) ? 2 : 1;
-- 
2.47.3