> > > (Tabs to separate fields. Fields may contain spaces.)
> >
> > DON'T use <TAB> as field separator, please!
> > learn from the flaws e.g. from "make".
>
> There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a tab as a separator.
Quite. It would be a bit bad to require tabs in input, but there's
absolutely nothing wrong with using them in output.
p.