KMail composer tab stop settings?

Dear kdepim users,

Having happily used KMail for a number of years, I've just had to try and 
format a little table in an email, for which I used tabs to line up the 
columns.

The tab stops in KMail composer seem to be set to 4 spaces, which seems 
unusual compared to the more standard 8 spaces, and is unlikely to be how the 
recipient's client will display them. Indeed, if I view the mail I sent in my 
"sent-mail" folder, the table there is shown as if tab stops were 8 spaces.

I've searched the KMail settings, and the tubes, and the only other reference 
I can find to this is:
  <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-06/msg00046.html>
where the responder claims that this is not really the case, but merely an 
illusion from using a proportional font. I am not using a proportional font in 
composer; I have "use fixed font" checked, and I can *see* that I am using a 
fixed font.

Can anyone else confirm this, and does anyone know of a way to get composer to 
use 8-space tab stops?

I am using KMail 1.13.5 with KDE 4.4.5, Debian Squeeze package kmail 4.4.7-2

Thanks,

Adam

-- 
Adam Spragg <[email protected]>
Developer
Octal Telecom <http://www.octaltelecom.co.uk/>


It reverses the logical flow of conversation!
> Why?
> > No.
> > > Should I top post?
<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22top+posting%22>
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