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When using the xsimverb package, I can easily write something to a file. Problem: if I use xelatex to compile, I get tabs replaced with ^^I in the file, while lualatex and pdflatex preserve the tabs as expected (this is truly written in the file, this is not an artifact of \verbatiminput):

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Any idea how to solve this?

MWE

\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{xsimverb}
\usepackage{verbatim}


\begin{document}


\NewDocumentEnvironment{TestEnv}{sm}{%
  \XSIMfilewritestart{\jobname-robExt-tmp-file-you-can-remove.tmp}%
}{%
  \XSIMfilewritestop%
  \verbatiminput{\jobname-robExt-tmp-file-you-can-remove.tmp}%
}%


\begin{TestEnv}{test}
  This is a test with 2 tabs precisely here >>      <<.
\end{TestEnv}


\end{document}

EDIT

Seems like xelatex -8bit foo.tex solves this error… but not sure if there is a cleaner solution. Also, some of my users seem to still have issues even with -8bit.

tobiasBora
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    The strategy is very simple: never use TAB when dealing with TeX. Reserve the TAB key to trigger autocompletion and your life will be happier. – egreg Dec 19 '23 at 08:29
  • @egreg Ahah, I do use spaces myself, but seems like TexStudio actually use Tabs, and my users then report bugs thinking that it was because of my library ^^ – tobiasBora Dec 19 '23 at 09:58

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