render tab characters in html

Posted by Midhat on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Midhat
Published on 2010-04-19T06:36:50Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 6:43 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 321

Filed under:

html

|

tab-character

I have to render some text to a web page. The text is coming from sources outside my control and it is formatted using \n and\t

Now \n can be replaced by a <br> but what about \t. A brief search reveals there is no way to render tab characters in html, bu there has to be a workaround. Anyone?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about html

Install usblib package - Ubuntu

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I need the package libusb for another package I am installing. I tried the following which seemed to install the package, sudo apt-get install libusb-dev but when I try to install the other package I get, configure: error: Package requirements (libusb-1.0 >= 0.9.1) were not met: No package… >>> More
Prevent malicious vulnerability scan increasing load on a server

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Hi all, this week we have been suffering some malicious vulnerability scans to our servers, increasing the load on them, making them nearly unusable. The attack is easy to defend, just blocking the offending ip, but only after discovering it. Is there any form of prevent it? Is it normal that… >>> More
can't install psycopg2 in my env on mac os x lion

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I tried install psycopg2 via pip in my virtual env, but got this error: ld: library not found for -lpq (full log here: http://pastebin.com/XdmGyJ4u ) I tried install postgres 9.1 from .dmg and via port, (gksks)iMac-Alexander:~ lorddaedra$ locate libpq /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.7.sdk/usr/include/libpq /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10… >>> More
Bitnami redmine error SVN

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I'm installing the Bitnami Redmine stack (redmine + subversion). Firstly I install configure and test it locally (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS). And everything is OK. I install Bitnami stack on server (Red Hat 4.4.7-4) and configure SVN. I commit files into SVN and connect project into Redmine with SVN repository… >>> More
Can the .htaccess file slow down a website to a crawl? If so, are there better ways to solve these problems with different rewrite rules and such?

as seen on Pro Webmasters - Search for 'Pro Webmasters'
here is my htaccess file...... RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/patients/billing/FAQ_billing\.html$ [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/patients/billing/getintouch\.html$ RewriteRule ^patients/billing/(.*)\.html$ $1.php [L,NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/patients/findadoctor/a\.html$ [OR] RewriteCond… >>> More

Related posts about tab-character

Programmatically using tab character in .NET?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Is there a way to use a tab character like a new line character inside Environment class, instead of using "\t"? >>> More
Typing the tab character in browser text boxes

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
A lot of the time, when I want to format text within a web page's text box I'll hit the Tab key. Unfortunately, that doesn't insert the tab character but instead moves the control to the next form element (like a button or a check box). For browsers like Firefox/IE, is there a way to get the formatting… >>> More
How to show tab character while using expandtab setting in vim

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
In my .gvimrc I have following lines: set listchars=tab:\.\ ,trail:- set softtabstop=2 set shiftwidth=2 set tabstop=2 set expandtab When I change last line to set noexpandtab the indents can be seen and marked with . Is there a way to make vim treat expanded tabs like "normal" tab so that list… >>> More
How do I instruct emacs to use 4 spaces instead of the tab character for all indentation?

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
What do I put in my .emacs file to use four spaces instead of the tab character for all indentation? >>> More
render tab characters in html

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I have to render some text to a web page. The text is coming from sources outside my control and it is formatted using \n and\t Now \n can be replaced by a <br> but what about \t. A brief search reveals there is no way to render tab characters in html, bu there has to be a workaround. Anyone? >>> More