for fixed-width fonts, the problem seems to be resolved with kdiff3-0.9.98a.
In contrast to what Benoît reports, tab rendering with fixed-width fonts and interleaved tab+space usage (e.g., 1 tab followed by 4/8 spaces) is perfect here, at least for tab widths 4 and 8. I haven't check any other tab widths. However, kate and kile packages show funny offsets when rendering text with interleaved tab+spaces.
I didn't/couldn't check with variable-width fonts -- it seems KDiff3 doesn't even let me select such fonts.
Joachim,
for fixed-width fonts, the problem seems to be resolved with kdiff3-0.9.98a.
In contrast to what Benoît reports, tab rendering with fixed-width fonts and interleaved tab+space usage (e.g., 1 tab followed by 4/8 spaces) is perfect here, at least for tab widths 4 and 8. I haven't check any other tab widths. However, kate and kile packages show funny offsets when rendering text with interleaved tab+spaces.
I didn't/couldn't check with variable-width fonts -- it seems KDiff3 doesn't even let me select such fonts.
Best,
Jonas